2015-12-23 Copying files to the external backup disk failed: # rsync -a --exclude=backup --exclude=lost+found /data/* /mnt/ rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes to socket [sender]: Broken pipe (32) rsync: write failed on "/mnt/foobar.baz": Read-only file system (30) rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(322) [receiver=3.0.9] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8719 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9] Unfortunately, I don't (yet) know if the problem lies in the disk or in the controller of the external disk case (which is a cheap one). One should never buy cheap stuff, not even when you plan you use it seldom. http://marmaro.de/lue/ markus schnalke