Thanks Will,
I have fixed this now to automount the USB drive, which is better
because it means the backup is made.
Thanks anyway,
Bill
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 15:17 -0500, aragonx(a)dcsnow.com wrote:
> > * I did not regard and of the /media/XXXX directories as part of /
> so
> > missed it.
> >
> > So now I better fix the mounting of USB drives with /etc/fstab,
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I created a label for my backup device/partition. Then I wrote this
> into
> my backup script:
>
> mount -L Backup /home/data/backup
> RETURN=`mount|grep /home/data/backup|wc -l`
> if [ $RETURN -ne 1 ]
> then
> logger "Backup failed due to unmounted backup device."
> exit 1
> fi
Hi Bill,
Maybe I'm paranoid but I don't want to have my backup device mounted all
the time. So I only mount it when I need to write to it. In that way, if
I do something stupid like run an unlimited search or delete, the backup
device will not be affected.
My next thought was to put the drive to sleep right after I unmount it.
Has anyone done that with something like:
hdparm -Y /dev/sd{x}
I'm hoping to be a little green, reduce wear on the drive (extend the
life) and protect my data all at the same time.
Is this a good or bad idea?
---
Will Y.
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