Todd Cary spake the following on 5/24/2007 4:11 PM: > Jim - > > Thank you! That is exactly what I needed. I had to make one change > though since I use rsync to copy the data to the USB drive: I could not > use vfat. Instead, I used ext3. With vfat, I got errors when it tried > to do a chmod (expected). > > I do have another fs question though. A couple of weeks ago I noticed > that the USB icon was not on my desktop when I turned the drive on. Not > knowing any better, I ran my rsync with the following: > > /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /media/usbdisk/ > > And it went ahead and did it's thing *but* the drive was > inoperable...dead. Where did the data go? > > And I noticed with the new drive, if I turn it off, rsync puts the data > somewhere with > > /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /media/usbdisk1/ > > I need a FS 101 course!! You don't need the -e ssh command if you are copying locally. Just use /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/ /media/usbdisk1/ --exclude=".*" As for your copy with an unmounted drive, the copy should have gone to /media/usbdisk . Try a ls /media/usbdisk -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!