snip > The external USB discs have a USB connector that plugs into the Linksys > network storage box, that in turn is connected to my network switch as are > my linux and my windows boxes. snip I have connected one of the discs directly to the usb port. fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 24299 195181686 83 Linux /dev/sda2 24300 24314 120487+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 24315 24321 56227+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris I have also rsync'd with no errors (even my Mail folder) So my conclusions after all this is that the problem is with cifs or the way I mount the discs when they are connected via the network syslink box. I really want to have these discs networked so that both contents are available to both machines. So Question: What is the best method of copying files via the network and How should I mount the discs for error free operation? Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- [email protected] mailing list
