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Sorry if I'm saying something obvious, but I just tumbled onto the "slow backup" problem too.

I have 350 Gb. to back up and I tried doing that via the Bubba administrator menu. I'm using a 1 Tb. WD disk in an external-disk casing, connected via an eSATA cable to my Bubba.

After about 13 hours it ...

Hmm ... ok.

Unfortunately it still got to the point where it couldn't update its system packages via the web interface but gave an error message when I tried. The only event I can think of that might have caused that is the power failure.

Anyway, I got my files back and I can now reformat the ...

On second thoughts it would make sense to somehow make bubba resistant to power failures. Using a journaling filesystem could help.

Downloaded the system image, changed the config file as specified, prepared USB stick, installed system, bubba worked again. Whew.

Transferring files now and preparing for full reformat.

Thanks.

I have a bubba-2 which suffered a power loss during copying of a lot of files from a Windows PC. It then reported errors when I tried to update the software via the web menu, and wouldn't start anymore and now it just sits there with a blinking blue LED.

I read about reinstalling it using a USB ...

Is it possible to run Samba on Bubba, and to export Bubba as a Windows share?

If so, how do I go about it?

I'm sorry if this question is obvious, but I haven't been able to find the question - or the answer - in the forum.