backups, file systems, media

[Linda]

On 01/12/2015 11:02 PM, John Sowden wrote:
> ubuntu 13.10 on sda7, 14.10 on sda5, 13.10 works.  I want 
> to move my home directory (sep partition) to an off line 
> media.  I tried a usb stick  and had problems (invalid 
> files, etc.) and I realized that the usb stick is hosting 
> a fat32 file system, which does not support permissions, 
> and I don't know what else.
>
> I have dvd-ram media, but I understand that the ext file 
> systems are not good for dvd-ram, as it reads/writes too 
> much to a certain spot, wearing out the media.
>
> How do I easily move my data off so I can install a new HD 
> (2TB), 6 GB and virtual machine next, and put the data 
> back, after installing 14.10 from the bare metal up.
>
> tia,
> John
>
>
Just reformat the usb stick to ext3 or whatever filesystem 
you want and use it.

Here is my howto on doing this

How to put a file system on a USB drive

 1.

    the usb auto mounts so you have to unmount it.

 2.

    do a df -h to find the /dev/ that is the usb flashdrive

 3.

    umount  /dev/sda1 (be sure to use the correct /dev/? for
    your machine)

 4.

    mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -L volumename /dev/sda1 (be sure to
    use the correct /dev/? for your machine)

         Linda


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