rsync and removable devices - SOLVED
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at googlemail.com
Fri Apr 20 13:59:59 UTC 2007
On Friday 20 April 2007, Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> Let me explain a bit clearer :-)
>
> I have some large files on this box (FC6) that I need to also have on my
> laptop (Mandriva). Therefore I need to rsync
>
> box > removable drive > laptop.
>
> On both the box and the laptop I can see the files in konqueror - so it is
> mounting the drive correctly. I can move files around manually. What I
> can't do is find an rsync command that will address the removable drive.
>
OK - puzzle solved. It's the difference in the way the two distros handle the
drive. On FC6 it's mounted as /media/sda1 whereas on Mandriva it's mounted
as /mnt/removable. I should have thought to check that in a normal konqueror
window, rather than the automount inspired window.
Anne
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