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| + | ====== Steps followed for Ubuntu server ====== | ||
| + | ===== Simple Mount ===== | ||
| + | * One time creation of mount point | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Check device assignment using | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * 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: | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Assuming the USB drive is FAT32: | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Assuming the USB drive is ext4: | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * To use drive | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * To remove (unmount) USB do an | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * or | ||
| + | * < | ||
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| + | ===== Permanently mount the USB drive ===== | ||
| + | * Use gparted (GUI) | ||
| + | * To [[http:// | ||
| + | * Label the drive | ||
| + | * Create a mount location | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Confirm Block Device assignment | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * In this example the drive is sdc1 | ||
| + | * Mount | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Change Onweership as required (from root to someone else who needs to access, such as backuppc) | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * chmod as required as well | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * check drive | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Issue command to get the UUID of the USB drive | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Make [[https:// | ||
| + | * < | ||
| + | * Reboot to make sure the drive auto mounts | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Format USB drive ===== | ||
| + | * To format with a cluster size of 32768 | ||
| + | * Use the '' | ||
| + | * <code bash> | ||
| + | * Change disk type to NTFS with fdisk | ||
| + | * <code bash> | ||
| + | * In fdisk, enter: t - //type//, 1 - //first partition//, | ||
| + | * Verify | ||
| + | * <code bash> | ||
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| + | ===== References ===== | ||
| + | [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Other Info ===== | ||
| + | Use command dmesg to check log on usb drive insertion | ||
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| + | lsusb to list usb devices | ||
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