Todd Cary schrieb: > I see a sda and a sda1. Should I use the sda1? > > Todd > > joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de wrote: >> Todd Cary wrote: >>> What is the device name for a USB drive? I want to rsync some files >>> to it and I have completely forgotten the device name! >>> >>> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /dev/???????/ >> >> Because these are managed as SCSI drives, the names are >> /dev/sda[1...], /dev/sdb[1...],... >>> >>> Many thanks.... >>> >>> Todd >>> >> >> > Todd, before you use it, you'll have to mount it - /dev/sda is the disk, /dev/sda1 is its first partition. Probably you'll have to mount /media/usbdisk as a regular user or mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 (or similar) as root. HTH, Kay