On 04/28/2011 02:29 PM, hc@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Lee, top posting this. > > Update is I am almost back all way and hope to get back to reading on the > 'backup' new power brick came in so I got the GH box back up AKA celf, Dell > is belf & this box is aelf. So all ready to set all 3 up to do the resync > soon as I understand what the heck I am doing. I had to stop for a week from > side effects, doc tried new drug to control my pain but were too severe, had > to stop, and withdrawal is a pure bitch. Sadly drug did work but..... > > Would u please give me the code to auto mount my usb drive it got lost in > that update and I am so dingy I can't follow the How-tos. Very nervous > messing wi the sys boot anyway. I would appreciate it greatly I want it in > dir /home/herb/flash. > > Thanks big, bro! > hh > On the USB drive: 1. One partition or multiple? 2. What file system(s)? Run the following command (as root user or use sudo) at a console prompt. sudo fdisk -l Copy and paste output below and post. Regards, -- Lee Parmeter herb@herb-aelf:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for herb: Disk /dev/sda: 80.1 GB, 80060424192 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00089ff3 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 2432 19531250 83 Linux (this is ext3) /dev/sda2 4885 9734 38948865 5 Extended /dev/sda5 9552 9734 1463296 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 * 4885 9369 36020224 83 Linux (this is ext4 'install gave me no choice) /dev/sda7 9369 9551 1462272 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition table entries are not in disk order herb@herb-aelf:~$ ______________________________________________________________________________ Highland Lakes Linux User Group (HLLUG): http://www.hllug.org HLLUG mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/hllug