David Ferreira wrote: > Hi > > If Device 009 is your USB HD, then, your /etc/hotplug/usb/usbhd.usermap > sould look like that: > > #usb module match_flags idVendor idProduct bcdDevice_lo bcdDevice_hi > bDeviceClass bDeviceSubClass bDeviceProtocol bInterfaceClass > bInterfaceSubClass bInterfaceProtocol driver_info > usbbackup 0x0003 0x04fc 0x0c25 0x0000 0x0000 0x00 > 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00000000 > > > Well, now the script. only one question, Do you use backup exec to write > on linuxbox fs and then, rsync to the usb hd?, or do you want to backup > exec directly backup to the usb hd? If you do a rsync from local linux > fs to the USB disk, you can umount the fs in the script when it's > finish. If you choose the second option (Backup diretly to the usb hd) > you sould find other way to umount the usb drive once you have finished > backup (I think the easiest way is a cron job). I think first option is > beter, so you can use this pseudo-script in /etc/hotplug/usb/usbhd: > > #!bin/bash > mount -t auto /dev/sd0 /mnt/backup > rsync -Pavz --delete /tmp/backup /mnt/backup > umount /mnt/backup > > If you prefere second option, you must made accesible /mnt/backup as you > prefer to your windows box, quit rsync and umount from script, and > create a cron job to umount the usb drive. > I think now is enough clear what do you have to do. Yes, I'd rather use the 2nd option, as the USB HDDs' size is 250 GB, while I only have about 100 GB locally. Therefore, I only need the first line, so that it is automatically mounted? In fact, what I want is to always have /dev/sda1 mounted as /mnt/usbbackup (example) as soon as it is connected. My backup usually takes about 5 hours, so if I start it at 19.00, it will be safe to umount the volume anytime after 4AM, for example, using a cronjob. Does this make sense? Is there a way to test it w/o being on site (one HDD is already connected). Regards, Ugo