Preparing Backup-for two days

I have time machine on a partition on a 750 gb firewire drive. Had not problems prior to a few days ago,when it seemed to quit working. I erased everything on the partition, and started Time Machine fresh.
Its now been "preparing backup" for two days. Is this normal behaviour?
If I query the system log, there is not a single "backupd" entry in there, although when I tried it yesterday there was one to the effect of "Ownership not set on Time Machine Drive, setting Ownership"
Any one have any ideas?
Joe

Hi Joe and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
jcabaleiro wrote:
Its now been "preparing backup" for two days.
Well, you get the award for patience No, not normal behavior by any stretch.
jcabaleiro wrote:
"Ownership not set on Time Machine Drive, setting Ownership"
Choose your TM volume in Finder and get info using "-i" key combo. Under "Sharing & Permissions" (you may have to unlock the lock and authenticate) be sure:
Your name = Read & Write
Staff = Read & Write
everyoner = Read only
Now erase your TM partition and try again.
-mj
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