add external hard drive for backups with time machine

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add external hard drive for backups with time machine #598

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I have tried in the past to hook up my external hard drive (Lacie 1tb and WD 
500gb) to my tr-n56u to create a NAS for use with time machine on OSX. The 
problem i have is the router need to be formatted in HFS+ (or mac extended 
journaled, not sure which) in order for time machine to recognize it. and the 
router need to have the drive formatted as NTFS to recognize it.

has anyone figured this out? im at the end of my knowledge and searching for 
solutions hasn't resulted in anything. I have not updated my firmware in a 
while, does anyone know if the latest updates allow me to use a harddrive 
through the router for time machine?

OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2
Asus RT-N56U

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zachraven@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 6:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

No... it still does not support HFS+ with journalling, an it is required by 
time machine to work.

Original comment by egcarr...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 7:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

HFS+ with journalling is not supported on linux, hence it is not supported here 
either. Probably will never be supported either.

Then again: you don't need it. It is a NAS, so a network sharing system will be 
used (afp in this case). As long as the NAS can write to the drive it can use 
any filesystem on the drive. It will then expose it using afp to the network 
(hence NAS: Network Attached Storage).

The only problem is that you will need to format your drive to use it with the 
router. I chose ext4 as my filesystem, but you can use others as well. I would 
recommend a linux filesystem since they tend to be more stable.

Setting up everything the right way is described in some other posts.

Original comment by jord.sw...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 8:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

This is not true and I have it working at home. I'll update this post as soon 
as I get home.
All you need is a firmware that supports HFS+, no journaling required at all.

Original comment by ferreira...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2012 at 11:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Yes. Please post how you managed to get Time Machine supported using external 
hdd on RT-N56U. Thanks!

Original comment by dzei...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2012 at 12:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Was this solved?? I have this issue now with the ASUS standard firmware and 
want to know if installing this firmware will solve the issue. Thanks

Original comment by tpoy...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2014 at 12:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

There is no need to use HFS+ for OS X Time Machine. I use EXT4 to create 
backup. I'm on OS X Mavericks. The same configuration was used for previous OS 
X versions.

Original comment by d...@soulblader.com on 30 Dec 2014 at 6:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Can anyone post the settings required for this? I'm on Yosemite

Original comment by winarto on 16 Feb 2015 at 2:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I'd love an answer to this question too.

Original comment by gingermo...@gmail.com on 20 May 2015 at 3:21