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Topic: USB Memory Stick, Where does it mount with CD Boot ?

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cesparks

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Posted: June 07 2005,01:23

I bought a 512M stick today to use with the DSL live cd.. I want to backup /home to it before I reboot and also for extensions .. I have searched all the archives .. guess my criteria was wrong

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Posted: June 07 2005,03:06

First, boot DSL without the USB stick. Open an XTerminal, type "cat /etc/fstab", and take note of the list. Then plug the USB stick in (don't reboot), wait for about 15 seconds for the autodetection to finish, type "cat /etc/fstab" again and take note of what changed on the list. Normally this will be something like /dev/sda1 but it depends on your hardware. Whatever additional device that was added to the /etc/fstab will correspond to your USB stick. Use this device designation whenever you are prompted for the backup device.

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Posted: June 07 2005,21:35

Hi cesparks!

Connect your usb-drive and boot the cd-rom. After that just go to the menu and Apps --> Tools --> Dock Apps and click on mount.app. Just look there how your usb-drive is recognized (probably as sda1) and mount it.

Have fun,
meo

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