Hi, I am a newbie that is trying to setup first test backups so I could move away from Duplicati.
In this scenario I am running on Windows 11, with the backup drive destination being a local USB drive. When I specify the location for the repository as “E:\folder1” I tested 2 scenarios:
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Folder1 exists and is empty → bunch of subfolders are created (data, index, keys, locks, snapshots)
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Folder1 does not exist → it is created and all of the same subfolders are created as well.
However, after about 60 seconds it all ends with an error:
[unknown] failed to init repo: command “C:\Program Files\Backrest\restic.exe init --json -o sftp.args=-oBatchMode=yes” failed: exit status 1
Output:
{“message_type”:“exit_error”,“code”:1,“message”:“Fatal: create repository at e:\b2 failed: Fatal: unable to open repository at e:\b2: mkdir e:\b2\data\0c: A device which does not exist was specified.\n”}
Are there any known issues or limitations with created rep. on a USB? It obviously finds the destination, creates the folder structure but fails. Sorry if this is basic - just trying to learn…