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====Identifying your USB drive====

====Identifying your USB drive====

After connecting your USB drive, execute the command

After connecting your USB drive, execute the command

  mount

  mount

You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. Refer to http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk#Partitioning_the_disk for steps to create a partition. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdc1''.

You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. Refer to http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk#Partitioning_the_disk for steps to create a partition. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdc1''.

</li><li>Now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem

</li><li>Now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem

  mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

  mkfs ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

</li><li>or format the drive with an ext4 filesystem

</li><li>or format the drive with an ext4 filesystem

  mkfs.ext4 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

  mkfs ext4 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

</li><li>Make the mount point

</li><li>Make the mount point

  mkdir -p /media/usbdevice

  mkdir -p /media/usbdevice

Once the script exists you can add additional mount commands by editing S95mount_USB using:

Once the script exists you can add additional mount commands by editing S95mount_USB using:

  pico -w /etc/e-smith/events/local/S95mount_USB

  nano -w /etc/e-smith/events/local/S95mount_USB

The 'local' event will run each time your server boots up.  If you connect or disconnect a drive and need to re-mount it you can re-run your auto-mount commands using:

The 'local' event will run each time your server boots up.  If you connect or disconnect a drive and need to re-mount it you can re-run your auto-mount commands using:

  signal-event local

  signal-event local

====Mount your disks automatically when connected====

====Mount your disks automatically when connected====

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We use hal for the first and manually create and mount for the second

We use hal for the first and manually create and mount for the second

To find  the device name, label, filesystem and the uid

To find  the device name, label, filesystem and the uid

Create the file hal-find-by-property.sh

Create the file hal-find-by-property.sh

         fs=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.fstype)

         fs=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.fstype)

         lb=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.label)

         lb=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key volume.label)

         echo $dev": label "$lb",file system: "$fs ",uid: "$udi

         echo device: $dev", label: "$lb", file system: "$fs", uid: "$udi

     fi

     fi

  done

  done

  sh hal-find-by-property.sh

  sh hal-find-by-property.sh

The output will tell you the device, volume label, file system type, and the uid.

The output will tell you the device, volume label, file system type, and the uid. If this is a new drive you have to run fdisk to create a partition and format the drive before you can mount it.

 

 

You can list the partitions on the disk by entering the p command when prompted. It's a good idea to see what partitions exist before you start. If the drive is pre-formatted for fat or ntfs it's good practice to delete the factory partitions.

To check a mount point exists and mount

If this is a new drive, you will need to create a new primary partition. Do this by entering an n at the prompt followed by p for primary. Enter a partition number of 1. fdisk will then ask for the first and last sector. If you are formatting a new disk, hit enter at both questions. This will use the entire disk. When the process ends, hit p to verify you have the disk setup like you want it. Once you are happy with the partition table, hit w to write the partition table and exit fdisk.

  ll /media

  ll /media

mount /dev/sda1 /media/120Gbfat32 (ie. mount /media/120Gbfat32 no longer works)

 

  ls -lh /media/120Gbfat32/

Once you have a suitable location, make sure nothing is mounted there by issuing the mount command from the terminal with no arguments. If you wanted to mount the drive /dev/sdb1 at /media/usbdrive, you would issue the following command

  umount /dev/sda1 (when finished)

 

  mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive

  ls -lh /media/usbdrive/

 

 

  umount /dev/sdb1

Note:  When configuring a USB drive to be used by the built in [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10|Workstation Backup To USB]] you must ensure that the drive is not mounted automatically.  When configuring the Workstation Backup, it will look for unmounted removable drives and allow you to select what you want.  If the drive is already mounted when you configure it then you will get an error saying "No Removable disk available".

Note:  When configuring a USB drive to be used by the built in [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10|Workstation Backup To USB]] you must ensure that the drive is not mounted automatically.  When configuring the Workstation Backup, it will look for unmounted removable drives and allow you to select what you want.  If the drive is already mounted when you configure it then you will get an error saying "No Removable disk available".