bootable ext. USB SSD for backup
Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com
Fri Mar 17 10:44:10 UTC 2017
PS:
JFTR this is an internal HDD:
> [root at archlinux ~]# parted -l | head -28 | tail -7
> Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ntfs boot
> [root at archlinux ~]# mount | grep "/dev/sdb1 "
> [root at archlinux ~]# mkdir /tmp/foo
> [root at archlinux ~]# mount -wL xp /tmp/foo
> [root at archlinux ~]# mount | grep "/dev/sdb1 "
> /dev/sdb1 on /tmp/foo type fuseblk
> (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
>
>As you can see, I need to mount it.
Anyway, I'm using external HDDs, as backup drives. Since no
"user-friendly" mechanisms are installed, I need to mount what ever
kind of FS is used by those external drives.The are treated in the same
way as anything else, e.g. USB-sticks and DVDs.
>If I plug in an USB stick or insert a DVD, I need to manually mount it
>by command line, too. Sure, there are mechanisms available that could
>auto-mount an USB stick as well as a DVD, I'm just not using such
>things. Under the hood "user-friendly" Linux distributions auto-mount.
>A lot of Linux users simply don't understand the OS they are using.
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