Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-22 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 20 October 2014, Angelo Moreschini sent: > I answer to J.Witvlie that I don't know what are NAS-box. > For what I saw now on Internet I don't think I need it.. > My problem is simple enough: > I just want to protect themselves from the possibility of losing data. > I use a pr

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Angelo Moreschini
you are right ... [?] I am taking big advantage of your help but I must not to overdo ... On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/21/14 21:40, Tom Rivers wrote: > > It looks like the error says one directory and the ls command shows > another: > > > > /media/PRTZ-src_syn > >

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 21:40, Tom Rivers wrote: > It looks like the error says one directory and the ls command shows another: > > /media/PRTZ-src_syn > /media/PRTZ-src_sync It is getting lateand I have tired eyes I looked at that for a long time before I saw the missing "c". And the Jack Daniels

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 21:31, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > but this is not true: > [root@zorro ~]# ls /media > PRTZ-src_sync PRTZ-svn_backup I suspect these are not directories...but files. They must be directories. ls -l /media will tell you [egreshko@meimei media]$ pwd /media [egreshko@meimei media]

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Tom Rivers
On 10/21/2014 09:31, Angelo Moreschini wrote: [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs UUID=36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_syn But now I get an error that I can not understand: ntfs-3g-mount: failed to access mountpoint /media/PRTZ-src_syn: No such file or directory _ _ _look that the directory doesn't

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 21:31, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > now began to understand in detail how to manage the installation of the > devices .. > > I'm doing the experiments that you have suggested .. > I unmounted the HD, I also removed the physical connection to the HD and try > to mount it again, > > [root

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Angelo Moreschini
thank you Ed, now began to understand in detail how to manage the installation of the devices .. I'm doing the experiments that you have suggested .. I unmounted the HD, I also removed the physical connection to the HD and try to mount it again, [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs UUID=36CC878C70FF1EC

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 18:22, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > /dev/sdd1 4095683776 409516220 1% > /run/media/angelo/source_sync > /dev/sdd2 56712806086000 567042060 1% > /run/media/angelo/svn_rep_backup Oh, one thing you'll notice is that these drives have

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 18:22, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > [root@zorro ~]# df > Filesystem1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/fedora_zorro-root 51475068 10193640 38643604 21% / > devtmpfs20088720 2008872 0% /dev > tmpfs

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Angelo Moreschini
[root@zorro ~]# df Filesystem1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/fedora_zorro-root 51475068 10193640 38643604 21% / devtmpfs20088720 2008872 0% /dev tmpfs 2019216 92 2019124 1% /dev/s

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 17:13, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I tried it, but it still does not work : > > [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs UUID=36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_syn > > Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. > The volume may be already mounted, or another software may

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Angelo Moreschini
I tried it, but it still does not work : [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs UUID=36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_syn Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened. The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which could be identified for example by the he

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 16:14, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > this is the command that I use: > [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_syn Also, if you wanted to use the mount command from the command line it would be mount -t ntfs UUID=36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_syn -

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/21/14 16:14, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I have a problem with the command mount... > > this is the command that I use: > [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_sync > > but I get this error: > ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '/dev/36CC878C70FF1EC2': No such fil

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-21 Thread Angelo Moreschini
I have a problem with the command mount... this is the command that I use: [root@zorro ~]# mount -t ntfs /dev/36CC878C70FF1EC2 /media/PRTZ-src_sync but I get this error: ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '/dev/36CC878C70FF1EC2': No such file or directory ntfs-3g 2014.2.15 integrated FUSE 27 - T

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 23:24, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > the output is: > > [angelo@zorro dev]$ blkid > /dev/sda1: UUID="DE7CD8197CD7EA73" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="f043f043-01" > /dev/sda5: UUID="62F0169EF016790D" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="f043f043-05" > /dev/sdb1: LABEL="data_storing" UUID="080CD0150CCFFC1E" TYPE="

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi Ed, thank you for answering me the output is: [angelo@zorro dev]$ blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="DE7CD8197CD7EA73" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="f043f043-01" /dev/sda5: UUID="62F0169EF016790D" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="f043f043-05" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="data_storing" UUID="080CD0150CCFFC1E" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="2c5

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 21:44, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I am sorry for not be able to answer you properly... > > I_made this operation for the first time_ and I used GParted to do it: > > Inside GParted I selected "new partition", there is something like a wizard.. > I remember that I had to take few decisio

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Angelo Moreschini
I am sorry for not be able to answer you properly... I* made this operation for the first time* and I used GParted to do it: Inside GParted I selected "new partition", there is something like a wizard.. I remember that I had to take few decision (one or two) and then I took all the "default optio

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 19:13, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > > Hi Nathan, > > Thank you for your suggestions, > > > I began my works using GParted to create the partitions; I made two > partitions: > > - /dev/sdd1 (label=source_sync) (size=390.62 MB) (type=primary) (fs > =ntfs > > - /dev/sdd2

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi Nathan, Thank you for your suggestions, I began my works using GParted to create the partitions; I made two partitions: - /dev/sdd1 (label=source_sync) (size=390.62 MB) (type=primary) (fs =ntfs - /dev/sdd2 (label=svn_rep_backup) (size=540.86 MB) (type=primary) (fs =ntfs but afte

RE: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread J.Witvliet
Hi Angelo, Before embarking on such exercise, what are your objectives? Permanently mounting an USB-hard-drive could be useful, but is does have its drawbacks I would only suggest it if the main drives (internally) have a problem with capacity or so, and even then only as a temporary stop-gap.

Re: Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

2014-10-20 Thread Nathan Schwarz
On 10-20/11:47, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Secondly, the HD should be mounted on the computer ... permanently. > > Mkdir /media/resqueHD > > mount -t fat32 /dev/sdd1 /media/resqueHD > > and finally, the mounting should be made permanent by adding the line: > > > /dev/sdd1 > /media/mydata ext