How to backup before a release upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS server?

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at gmail.com
Sun Sep 26 13:20:14 UTC 2021


On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:09:48 +0200, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>But then I add this into /etc/fstab to automate mounting:
>#USB connected backup drive:
>UUID=7ec31e87-6e2d-403b-a26e-84d57c248364 /mnt/backup ext4
>
>and when I do this:
>sudo mount -a
>there is a longish wait and then this is displayed:
>
>"Unable to find suitable address."
>
>What am I doing wrong?

Disregard this!
Turns out that the error message came from another line in fstab where a NFS
mount to a kodi machine was specified but it is no longer on the LAN...
I commented out the line and then there are no error messages.


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden





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