yes.... I did edit fstab. I'm sure I created the label on the usb. How do I see what that setting is? Did you see the message about the permissions being wrong and me wondering what I should set them to? Would 700 be good or do you recommend something else? here is fstab: # proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=cc83628a-2b28-40b4-8f02-c8a818ef55e9 / ext4 errors=remount -ro 0 1 # /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=0653ee3e-f753-42a3-a6b6-dc2948cb8859 /home ext4 defaults 0 2 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=31eb4a2e-cf07-47d8-9f0a-2b12795b32fc none swap sw 0 0 #pictures move /media/bmike1/entertainment/Pictures /home/bmike1/Pictures none bind 0 0 #backups drive LABEL=MY_BACKUPS /mnt/backup ext3 noauto,users,noatime 0 0 :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: Michael Havens > >> If you mount a disk on /mnt/backup , then rsync your ~ to > >> /mnt/backup/bmike/ , that means that /mnt/backup/bmike/ will contain > >> an exact copy of your ~. > > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/sdc > > You made an fstab entry for the device by editing /etc/fstab as root with a > text editor, didn't you? I put that as step 3 in my original message on > 2013-06-29. One like so: > > LABEL=MY_BACKUPS /mnt/backup ext3 noauto,users 0 0 > > ...this fstab line means "The device with label MY_BACKUPS is mounted on > directory /mnt/backup , has a filesystem type of ext3, is not mounted > automatically on boot, users are allowed to mount or umount it, and it is > not > auto-fscked or dumped". This allows you to mount the device as a normal > user > by just doing "mount /mnt/backup", which was in the script. > > > mount: no medium found on /dev/sdc > > USB disks can be associated with different device nodes, depending on how > many > other devices are plugged in. This is the whole point of using a > filesystem > label; you don't have to worry about which device node the USB disk is seen > as. > > Note that if you're using udev (almost everything is), you can take a look > at > /dev/disk/by-label/ and see entries in there for every block device that > has a > filesystem label that's connected to the machine. You can also put > /dev/disk/by-label/A_LABEL in an fstab entry, which will work fine provided > udev is running and the device is plugged in. > > > bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ ls /mnt/backup > > ls: reading directory /mnt/backup: Input/output error > > How does one list from a device with a label? > > One mounts the device on a mountpoint first, then one does "ls > /that/mountpoint". > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >