RedHat Linux 9 And HUGE USB 2.0 Hard Drives (and tutorial) Part 1

Once upon a time a boy had a tape backup, and it was good.

Then the backup failed, and it was bad. This cycle repeated itself many times, and this was also bad.

Then the boy bought a 200gig USB2.0 Hard Drive, and this was good, after it was bad for a while.
This is the story of his quest...