On 5/24/07, Todd Cary <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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).
Right, fat filesystems have no real concept of permissions.
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?
Very likely it created a directory named usbdisk in /media, and sync'd the files there. If you plug something in with a label of 'usbdisk', it'll get mounted there, and hide the existence of the files underneath. Provides an interesting 'low-tech' way to hide files occasionally. they're not WELL hidden, but hey...
I need a FS 101 course!!
Will a 104 course work? http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/l-dw-linux-lpic1104-i.html You might want to look at the LPI study material. About 50% is junk you'll never use and will mostly likely forget within 15 minutes, but some is the obscure fact material that will help save your geek ass one day :-P -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
