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=Finding and Copying to External Disks= | =Finding and Copying to External Disks= | ||
*How do you find an external USB disk? | *How do you find an external USB disk? Type sudo fdisk -l This lists disks. /dev/sdb1 showed up when i plugged in the drive. | ||
*What is /dev/sdb1 ? A location? | |||
Type sudo fdisk -l | *How to copy /home/marcin directory to a /dev/sdb1 device? First set a mount point, mount your external drive, then copy to it. | ||
*What is the path of external disk? It needs to be mounted first - so it depends where it's mounted. | |||
This lists disks. | |||
*How to copy /home/marcin directory to /dev/sdb1 ? | |||
*What is the path of external disk | |||
*What does it mean to mount a disk? When you 'mount' something you are placing access to the file system contained within onto your root file system structure. | *What does it mean to mount a disk? When you 'mount' something you are placing access to the file system contained within onto your root file system structure. | ||
*Is an external USB mounted autmatically in command line? Sometimes. If not, mount it by creating a mount point and | *Is an external USB mounted autmatically in command line? Sometimes. If not, mount it by creating a mount point and | ||
*What is a | *What is a file system? It's a structure that computer uses to organize data. | ||
*What is FAT32? A file formal up to 32 GB, runs on all systems. | |||
*How do you mount? First create a mount point by sudo mkdir /media/external, and then mount by sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external | |||
Revision as of 04:01, 27 February 2016
Finding and Copying to External Disks
- How do you find an external USB disk? Type sudo fdisk -l This lists disks. /dev/sdb1 showed up when i plugged in the drive.
- What is /dev/sdb1 ? A location?
- How to copy /home/marcin directory to a /dev/sdb1 device? First set a mount point, mount your external drive, then copy to it.
- What is the path of external disk? It needs to be mounted first - so it depends where it's mounted.
- What does it mean to mount a disk? When you 'mount' something you are placing access to the file system contained within onto your root file system structure.
- Is an external USB mounted autmatically in command line? Sometimes. If not, mount it by creating a mount point and
- What is a file system? It's a structure that computer uses to organize data.
- What is FAT32? A file formal up to 32 GB, runs on all systems.
- How do you mount? First create a mount point by sudo mkdir /media/external, and then mount by sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external