From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 17 10:44:10 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB2DD0B0E3 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:44:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm20-vm3.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm20-vm3.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.96.245]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 820951A49 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:44:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1489747339; bh=j6p634R+XzYkk9/0k3ZK0I/hDxxZSYz0CXF/nGqAPiw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=fpyvMtcR8kxOt6mA0zH3Y6/CvBxsiQ+5gM4z4ZC1LYc+g+itFA+jKy5urDIEx6A07uM6ti5U3cn3iSyPfKCTyAL8XF8cwc2LUQ4uBwA18MIWhdVFcct07vOPmUSm6LjilRX59UXlCW1yi78nmm1tPSQlkGIxdsikmmPjhp3T+OW10H2zVrO4MY7ec1d8EJfivBZequhp82xWpIcj4WrX8r/T29+Ie29eCpRaVtOK+is8gxz4QIbqKqVYG5PHPlu2hthB3DsXp4MryJfFKyhnMOOyNvpGEHpwdkess+qpe0YyhxAjG3t+rqvApVvuoZDLfwhyx0RxGOZ4qRHp5FrGKQ== Received: from [212.82.98.63] by nm20.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Mar 2017 10:42:19 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.84] by tm16.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Mar 2017 10:42:19 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp121.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Mar 2017 10:42:19 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 786302.1442.bm@smtp121.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: vlNmpKQVM1nbyKKHB9neNkGCM37IwNebkj3Ug2xAs5U5_d. MpZK9Z6hviPHbfMzFDp1.IOPSECukzkeFDTiw2ooO23lG4K3ISMNPSPkOt.U hsVEJHCkEuIVjjnwcmaQP7A7rBorzVzsQ3jK0T23fRb35_lkCEpC_6HTp532 oL_yRNRq8wB.vE4MPPvbdo.cWSKJ9K4UnGh0CMJF.5XKkYaUpjKKPWdNYfaD 2myH2CHvxN04xBuvi8D097vYD.T.HN9bWgXWWWyu6QXwbrrBiOj7wzKzzjyP wkmtLqVqSAdspI__Nl9lvkkgfAmqrJJhraLhURSPmtfYVQO.5TpWOi3nN21K H5JIlvr4mces_.KbLxPVaf2x_dcMt2eqXt8RmXrgLfFkvO3kUsZq51mDB4jy uXvrjTZJgRYWxLNfRc9PJqlIZXfRhBc6SG5Y1s56istIb6XaoMDgNPmI.TGs jzn8VBNQwhH92bBt5Pg1RS.nEwlOwt.tlOpfkgxhn5ZgHdt_07RwCWfC.B9D cjRFkr_Nc.6NL1m4sUlGBBXFPwWKRCEOp3UwcTiG.agq.e206ACLNJHKMX7e nt4MN9tmAN5vjp1B7hKJP8KfpoIm8Aw-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:42:23 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable ext. USB SSD for backup Message-ID: <20170317114223.1fbf5b38@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20170317113307.2d3b290d@archlinux.localdomain> References: <20170316194612.GA1748@c720-r314251> <20170317101705.0c6fcd49.freebsd@edvax.de> <20170317113307.2d3b290d@archlinux.localdomain> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1-19-ge7206c0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:44:10 -0000 PS: JFTR this is an internal HDD: > [root@archlinux ~]# parted -l | head -28 | tail -7 > Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ntfs boot > [root@archlinux ~]# mount | grep "/dev/sdb1 " > [root@archlinux ~]# mkdir /tmp/foo > [root@archlinux ~]# mount -wL xp /tmp/foo > [root@archlinux ~]# mount | grep "/dev/sdb1 " > /dev/sdb1 on /tmp/foo type fuseblk > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096) > >As you can see, I need to mount it. Anyway, I'm using external HDDs, as backup drives. Since no "user-friendly" mechanisms are installed, I need to mount what ever kind of FS is used by those external drives.The are treated in the same way as anything else, e.g. USB-sticks and DVDs. >If I plug in an USB stick or insert a DVD, I need to manually mount it >by command line, too. Sure, there are mechanisms available that could >auto-mount an USB stick as well as a DVD, I'm just not using such >things. Under the hood "user-friendly" Linux distributions auto-mount. >A lot of Linux users simply don't understand the OS they are using.