====== Steps followed for Ubuntu server ======
===== Simple Mount =====
  * One time creation of mount point
    * <code>sudo mkdir /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Check device assignment using
    * <code>fdisk -l</code>
    * Typically you may get something like /dev/sdc1 as the new USB drive
  * Assuming the USB drive is NTFS, Mount NTFS USB drive using the command:
    * <code>ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Assuming the USB drive is FAT32:
    * <code>mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Assuming the USB drive is ext4:
    * <code>mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * To use drive
    * <code>cd /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * To remove (unmount) USB do an
    * <code>eject /media/usb_drive1</code>
    * or
    * <code>eject /dev/sdc1</code>

===== Permanently mount the USB drive =====
  * Use gparted (GUI) 
    * To [[http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-format-usb-properly-in-linux/|format]] new USB drive as ext4
    * Label the drive
  * Create a mount location
    * <code>mkdir /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Confirm Block Device assignment
    * <code>fdisk -l</code>
    * In this example the drive is sdc1
  * Mount
    * <code>mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Change Onweership as required (from root to someone else who needs to access, such as backuppc)
    * <code>chown -R someuser:someuser /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * chmod as required as well 
    * <code>e.g. chmod 700 /media/usb_drive1/backuppc123/</code>
  * check drive
    * <code>ls -l /media/usb_drive1</code>
  * Issue command to get the UUID of the USB drive
    * <code>blkid </code>
  * Make [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab|fstab]] entry as
    * <code>UUID=c7b5556e-f814-40fa-a97d-2ac3b78626d6 /media/usb_drive1 ext4  defaults        0       2</code>
  * Reboot to make sure the drive auto mounts

===== Format USB drive =====
  * To format with a cluster size of 32768
  * Use the ''-f, --fast, -Q, --quick'' to avoid zeroing out sectors which can take several hours
    * <code bash>mkntfs -c 32768 /dev/sdc1</code> 
  * Change disk type to NTFS with fdisk
    * <code bash>fdisk /dev/sdc</code>
      * In fdisk, enter: t - //type//, 1 - //first partition//, 7 - //ntfs//, w - //write to disk//
  * Verify
    * <code bash>fdisk -l /dev/sdc</code>

===== References =====
[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB]]

===== Other Info =====
Use command dmesg to check log on usb drive insertion

lsusb to list usb devices