Adding Files to /mnt/hda2/home/dsl

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Adding Files to /mnt/hda2/home/dsl
started by: cxexa

Posted by cxexa on Sep. 10 2005,16:09

Hi. New to Frugal and am determined to get it to work for me. My first issue is the following: I have a lot of files (pics, some music, docs, etc = 5 Gb) I want to throw on my hda2 drive. I added them last time to /mnt/hda2/home/dsl and I think they were being backed up upon powering down.

Is there a way or a place to add these where I will have no permission problems ( i assumed they would have to be in my user folder to avoid permission issues) and all the files will not get backed up. I do not want a one-hour shutdown process.

Thanks for your help.

cxexa

Posted by green on Sep. 10 2005,16:58

You can create a folder anywhere on your hard drive to put then in, they do not have to be within the DSL file structure.
For example, as root in terminal:

mkdir /mnt/hda2/myfiles

Then you can use emelfm to move things over to the directory you just created. That way, by not putting them in the DSL file stucture they will not be part of the backup process but will still be there on your hard drive.

You can also use emelfm to change the permissions if needed by highlighting the directory or file with a single left click, then single right click, select properties, then click on all the buttons in the little grid that shows permissions.

Posted by clivesay on Sep. 10 2005,17:27

Quick fix:

Place all these files in their own directories within /home/dsl/ like 'Music" or whatever. Add home/dsl/Music into .xfiletool.lst and it will be excluded from the backup. Many ways to do this. Choose what works for you.

Chris