On 05/16 10:52 , Michael Stowe wrote:
> On 2015-05-16 09:39, Ward... James Ward wrote:
> > How can I format that external drive so that BackupPC can use it?
> 
> Sure, but before starting with the immediate issue, I'd be remiss if I 
> didn't mention that this is probably a BAD IDEA.  I'd expect performance 
> to be fairly dismal, and all kinds of terrible things can happen when 
> the drive is unplugged.  For now, I'll assume you have a use case which 
> consists of a small amount of data you don't care about.

I'm going to echo this. I tried it once many years ago and it was indeed a
/bad idea/ for the reasons mentioned above.

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Carl Soderstrom
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