TimeShift

Use external harddisk as backup device

Asked by Alexander Herrmann

Hi there,

first thanks for the great tool.
I wonder if it should be possible to backup to an external hard drive as I can only select my local harddrive (see https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/1/view/snrn7lzrnr9r06r/Apps/Shutter/Auswahl_001.png).
I' using Ubuntu 14.10 with Thimeshift 1.7.1, the external harddrive comes from /dev/sdb1 and is mounted to /media/<username>/<drivelabel>.

Thank you!

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Alexander Herrmann (darignac) said : 		#2

Bump.

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Alexander Herrmann (darignac) said : 		#4

Bump

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Alexander Herrmann (darignac) said : 		#6

Once again bump.
Still no answer?

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Urs Ström (urstrom-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

I agree with Alexander, it is a great application.
However, it would be even better if one could backup directly to an external HD.
regards, Johan

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Ed (ecrosby) said : 		#8

I don't seem to have this issue. On my laptop running Linux Mint I have a thumb drive mounted and have the option to select that thumb drive as my destination backup device, also mounted at sdb1.
I currently have Timeshift 1.7.2 installed. Maybe try upgrading?

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Alexander Herrmann (darignac) said : 		#9

Hm, even with Timeshift 1.7.2 I can't select the external drive.

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Alexander Herrmann (darignac) said : 		#11

Once again, bump!

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#12

Bump? See these bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/timeshift/+bug/1362603
https://bugs.launchpad.net/timeshift/+bug/1372174
https://bugs.launchpad.net/timeshift/+bug/1396587

It seems that no one cares...

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