Re: Mounting a USB device

[Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com>]

On 4/11/20 4:09 am, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 16:12:27 +0000
> Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the suggestion re rsync, but using tar has been successful
> > with a NTFS drive many times.
>
> Another possibility is to get rid of NTFS, and replace it with an
> encrypted ext4 partition. Then you can use something like rsnapshot to
> automate the backup process entirely. This gives you backups in depth:
> several months of back versions of files, with deduplication.
>
> Create a partition:
> https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2019/Nov/29/encrypting-an-external-partition/
>
> Scripts to mount and umount the partition:
> https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2020/Jan/01/mounting-an-encrypted-external-partition/
>
> Some more general thoughts on backups:
> https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2019/Nov/02/backups-on-linux/

Thanks for these links, Charles.

The partition creation went well.

The scripts look interesting, but I haven't tried them yet.


The thoughts about when/why back up are more food for thought.

Thanks for your efforts

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Keith Bainbridge

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