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Ok, thanks for this advice. Do you think it would be ok even if the external disk has an ext2 file system on it? I have a Lacie external USB
May I suggest using ext3 in this disk ? (tune2fs -j /dev/sdX1 where X is your drive letter)
disk, which I use to backup my files, and I formatted it as ext2. I know that it gets mounted with the sync option, so in theory, all my data should be on the disk when the command completes, but I want to be sure.
OK, if you use an external USB disk as a backup, be vewwy vewwy wawwy (very weary). I have had a few too many of these external disks die on me. And there is no advance warning, they just all of a sudden stop .
I haven't done this using a disk with ext2 on it, so I don't know for sure. I
I have (well ext3), in fact I am currently using a 60G laptop disk hooked
up to one of those fancy (and cheap) IDE2USB converter thingies, and it
just works. You have to make sure there is no activity on the disk (easy,
just see if the light is flashing) and then pull the plug.
However, again,
if that disk is your sole and only copy of important data, I would take the
extra 5 seconds it takes, and become root and eject the disk
eject /dev/sdX1
before unplugging it.
Gerhard,