I believe you can set up a http stream and then have others connect to it

Well i gave it readonly access to / because i am trying to sync /etc /home and /root. Is there a way to give access to multiple locations?

I have decided to use rrsync to do this.

Im using btrfs on the back drive but using ext4 on the remote devices. Wont the snapshots, if sent to a remote device be the same size as the original data?

I’ve tried it before but i want a situation where i dont need to use the ssh agent. I think i’m gonna go with using rrsync

I have tried but it doesn’t really work in the script. You load the key into the agent but it still asks for the passphrase

Yeah this is what im leaning towards

Yeah, i think im gonna look into rrsync and try to set up a user with a password-less key

Because i don’t like have passphraseless keys on my devices, i may just be being paranoid.

I use it too but i like rsync better for backups

I probably will eventually. I put btrfs on it and it works pretty well. Im a little iffy on the windows driver but i tested obs and it can write over the network just fine.

Yeah it seems like it was a permissions error. I set the tight permissions and now i have it working

Ok i’m running into some issues. I have formatted with btrfs but immediately it does not work when attempting to mount.

I had it mounted and then set up with fstab, test installing some games to it but the second i ejected the device and then reattached it it cannot be mounted.

I get the error

An error occurred while accessing 'wd_black5tb', the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting system-managed device /dev/sdb1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

I also installed winbtrfs with chocolatey but the drive fails to show up once plugged in and i dont see the drive anywhere

I’m not really worried about performance on windows since i will only very occasionally be plugging it in there. Ive never heard of udf but will check it out too

I’m leaning toward btrfs. Gonna set it up tonight and test. Is there any major differences from ext4 i should know? I know it has snapshots but i read about if you dont use the right kind of drives it can corrupt data, is thus true or not really something i should worry about?

So i mostly play older games (half life, skyrim, dishonored, etc) i have no issues with the mechanical drive for these. Now admittedly the larger games like skyrim i havent tried on linux only on windows but i dont see why it would be an issue.

I will probably eventually get a ssd for gaming and make the hdd purely for storage.

I have already recorded to this drive from the windows device with no issues. It is not intended to be super high quality tho. I just dont know if running over the network will go as smooth.

Rn, im leaning towards using btrfs bc it seems the performance speed between it and ext4 will be negligible and i will be testing out the driver for windows and obs over the network.

Did you read it at all?

That’s disappointing, but mostly i would be plugging it in to windows every once in a while. Whereas i would be running nightly backups when its hooked as a samba drive. Would i need to eject it every time i unplugged? I wouldnt mind that

I got 2 questions. How do permissions work with ntfs on linux. I use rsync a lot to backup to the drive and i’ve read how exfat doesnt really save all the linux permissions. Likewise from my research in order to run a proton game on a ntfs drive would require symlinking rhe compat directory to my home folder. And i use the home folder for smaller games. I have heard that it may or may not work with ntfs

Hmm i dont have any experience with btrfs but im open to it.

Is speed comparable to ext4? And should i install the driver on windows i could just plug the drive in an it would become accessible without user input?

Shadow of the colossus is in my top 10. I just beat last guardian after playing for like 2 years. Struggled getting into it but the other day i decided to power through to the end and i absolutely loved the end. I have high hopes for ico