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| snookie (snookie) wrote Re: If an external drive is used for backups, Timevault will write backups if the drive is not present | #1 |
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I can confirm that this happens as well.
In fact, I can't seem to get it to work on a usb device at all. Timevault must be off, the drive must be mounted, and then TimeVault must be started. Otherwise, if the drive is not mounted, the directory is created and then plugging in the USB drive will result in incorrect operation. In other words. If you start timevault, the directory /media/disk1 isn't there because the drive isn't mounted, so timevault makes that directory. If you mount the drive, the drive will mount at /media/disk-1 or some other directory.
If you reboot the computer, timevault starts and creates the directory because USB devices are not automounted at boot. The user has to click the icon on the desktop for the drive to actually mount to the media directory. So restarting the computer with the usb as backup will also not work resulting in the behavior describe above.