This was down to permissions, thanks for highlighting this as the possible cause... /media/joe/external_drive... - original permission: drwxr-xr-x, did not allow for rsync to run - new permission: drwxrwxrwx backup now is accepted -------------------------------------------------------- I have found...

I have been using rsync successfully with a NAS setup on the raspberry pi. The rsync will backup between two external drives attached to the raspberry pi 'master_nas' & 'backup_nas' using command: rsync -av --delete /media/master_nas/shares /media/backup_nas I would now like to use rsync to backup t...

Hello all, I am running rasperry pi as NAS, loving the little computer!!! I attempted to edit the cronjob but getting error message... Can someone assist? root@raspberrypi:~# crontab -e crontab: installing new crontab crontab: crontabs/tmp.KTh8Fx: No space left on device crontab: edits left in /tmp/...

Update.... This issue is resolved!... Phew, can now transfer photo collection to the pi/NAS. I was using a couple 8gb micro SD cards along with cheap ebay USB adaptor for the test setup. I swapped the adaptor for another cheap adaptor purchased from the local pound shop today. No issues now with tra...

Thank you for the responses...

I am using the below cronjob. Please advise how I should change this so that the correct ownership is applied to the backup drive.

0 5 * * * rsync -av --delete /media/masterdrive/shares /media/backupdrive/shares/

Have completed scenario to obtain logs, following steps below. 1. Reboot pi 2. Transfer to shared drive, only some files were copied = Message 'Connection timed out' 3. Retried the file transfer, only some files were copied = Message 'Connection timed out' 4. Run command 'dmesg' pi@raspberrypi ~ $ d...

I believe I did take the logs after the issue was seen, will setup the scenario again and post the logs tomorrow evening.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ dmesg [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.25+ (dc4@dc4-arm-01) (gcc version 4.7.2 20120731 (prerelease) (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1+bzr2458 - Linaro G...

I have setup the raspberry pi as a NAS using ext4 file system. I can access the network shares from my Linux Mint netbook, with permission to write to the share. When trying to transfer pictures to the shared folder I keep getting message 'connection timed out'. Around 10 images will be transferred,...

Hello all, Purchased a raspberry pi some months ago wanting to test out some handy applications I'd seen on the web. Have been doing lots of trial and error and playing with the CLI. First project I am getting to grips with is setting up a NAS for access to photos, having one USB drive as a master a...