[CentOS] Accessing an external USB disk

[Marcin Mazurek]

Todd Cary (todd at aristesoftware.com) napisał(a):

> I was able to remove the NTFS partition and repartition the HD as a type 
> Linux (83).  Next I created the ext3 file system.
> 
> If I reboot with the USB drive attached, the boot process hangs, however 
> if I turn off the drive, boot and then turn it on, all is fine.
> 
> # cat /etc/fstab
> 
> shows the drive, but I am not sure how to use it for a backup nor do I 
> know how to access it.  Any help would be appreciated.  The drive is 
> /dev/sda1.
> 


>From terminal You can do:

mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb

and You will have Your stick in /mnt/usb

After You finish Your work, You can
umount /mnt/usb

hth



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