Great tool for backing up your E2 HDD.
For example I just upgraded my Ultimo to a 2TB HDD from a 1.5TB HDD.
The 2TB Drive is a USB one and once I transferred the files I removed the HDD from the USB case and whacked it into the Ultimo.
Once you install Rsync
Use this command rsync -rtP /media/hdd/ /media/usb/
Change the mounted directories to suit your own mounts.
There are other methods, but I like this way as you can see the progress.
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Just as an added note. It took about two days tow transfer 1.5TB of movies, music, pictures ect at an average of 9.8Mbps.
The good news was 3/4 of the way through the power went out and when I telnetted back to the vu and sent the same command, it continued exactly where it left off which was a relief.
Rsync indexes everything before it starts to copy and so must compare the indexes each time.
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