here is the error I just got: bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~/Desktop$ ./Backup\ bmike1 backup disk not mounted. Trying to mount it. Is the disk plugged in? Can't mount, bailing. bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~/Desktop$ I then removed the drive and put it back in. Then I got the usual error: bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~/Desktop$ ./Backup\ bmike1 building file list ... done rsync: mkdir "/mnt/backup/bmike1" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(605) [Receiver=3.0.9] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (9 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9] bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~/Desktop$ So I see the label is good. Just get the permission errors. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > >