I am attempting to do a full backup on my Receptor 2 with current OS. I am using a recommended Seagate drive that is the same size as my Receptor drive (500 gigs). I have followed the instructions. My Receptor display has been showing "Preparing Backup Drive" "This may take awhile" "Do not turn off power" for about 18 hours. I was prepared for this to take "awhile" but this seems like WAY too long.
I find no instruction on how to stop (cancel) the backup process once started, and I fear that simply turning off the Receptor may "brick" my current drive. Any suggestions? Thanks -
Tom
Receptor 2 Backup
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- KVRian
- 691 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Silicon Valley
Hey Tom,
Sorry to hear this isn't going smoothely. Yes, I think something is amiss if backup isn't complete after 18 hours. I believe the backup utility is using 'rsync' (check with the Muse people to be sure), which should be interruptable without damaging source or destination disc. It should be fairly safe to interrupt the backup.
If you have access to the commandline for your Receptor, there are ways to check and repair a disk (such as fsck) - but if you choose to go down this route, this is way below user level. I'm not sure this is necessary for you.
I think you should be able to reboot and re-start the backup process.
Hope this helps,
Kevin L
Sorry to hear this isn't going smoothely. Yes, I think something is amiss if backup isn't complete after 18 hours. I believe the backup utility is using 'rsync' (check with the Muse people to be sure), which should be interruptable without damaging source or destination disc. It should be fairly safe to interrupt the backup.
If you have access to the commandline for your Receptor, there are ways to check and repair a disk (such as fsck) - but if you choose to go down this route, this is way below user level. I'm not sure this is necessary for you.
I think you should be able to reboot and re-start the backup process.
Hope this helps,
Kevin L
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 223 posts since 2 Dec, 2006 from Minnesota
Thank you Kevin. I have long appreciated your helpful responses on this forum. I think I'm just going to power down and restart. I have submitted a ticket to Muse. thanks again,
Tom
Tom
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 223 posts since 2 Dec, 2006 from Minnesota
Update: I did power down. I had to do a hard power down (press and hold the power button), but it rebooted fine and all appears to be fine. I'll try to back up again some other time. I'm going to let Receptor rest for awhile 
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- KVRian
- 691 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Silicon Valley
Hi Tom,
Glad to hear you are recovered... Take deep breaths, .... relax ...
I just wanted to mention I've followed Muse's backup procedures before - both full copy and incremental backup. It is a bit of a manual procedure without much feedback -- but it is a fairly nice access to doing backups without going to the linux OS. If nothing else, I feel safe 'freezing the state of my Receptor' on a backup disk, and feeling secure I have a Plan B ready.
One quick tip -- there is a way to setup the Receptor to look for an external USB drive on boot. ie. if connected, external disk has precedence to boot-up. So in a real pinch, if something catastrophic happens, you can seemlessly reboot your machine from the external clone (rather than swapping internal drives).
Hope this helps -- give backup another try after your 'Receptor siesta'!
Regards,
Kevin L
Glad to hear you are recovered... Take deep breaths, .... relax ...
I just wanted to mention I've followed Muse's backup procedures before - both full copy and incremental backup. It is a bit of a manual procedure without much feedback -- but it is a fairly nice access to doing backups without going to the linux OS. If nothing else, I feel safe 'freezing the state of my Receptor' on a backup disk, and feeling secure I have a Plan B ready.
One quick tip -- there is a way to setup the Receptor to look for an external USB drive on boot. ie. if connected, external disk has precedence to boot-up. So in a real pinch, if something catastrophic happens, you can seemlessly reboot your machine from the external clone (rather than swapping internal drives).
Hope this helps -- give backup another try after your 'Receptor siesta'!
Regards,
Kevin L
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 223 posts since 2 Dec, 2006 from Minnesota
Thanks again Kevin. I WILL take another run at it. I received a suggestion from Muse support to hook up a monitor if I have trouble on the next try (to check for error messages). I've always been pleased with Muse support.
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