2009/12/22 DB Freddog_de@yahoo.co.uk:
Ahhhhh that gives 2 entirely different 32-digit numbers....
on the F11 desktop cee716a79cc7af0ee8f5f2613ca50578
and on the F12 laptop 802d5ea893af6f936e77b81cf00a45fb
Did you run the sync command before you unmounted and unplugged the usb drive?
Also, a stupid question, is the tar too big to fit on the USB device (which is only 4GB).
Are you overclocking your desktop's CPU?
-c