Yes that works, but when I removed the stick it showed the file but could not (of course) access it Plugging it back in again removed the file and showed an empty directory.
----------------- Henry L. Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] ================= > Johannes Vanderknyff< > Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is "mounted" yet. I just googled "linux how > to mount usb drive"... > > Create the directory > mkdir /mnt/usb > Next, mount the drive > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb > Then, see if it works: > cd /mnt/usb > ls > You should see a list of the files on your USB drive. > > Johannes > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry L.Coleman<[email protected]> wrote: >> This is what I get >> >> r...@pbx:~ $ mount >> /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) >> proc on /proc type proc (rw) >> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) >> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) >> /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) >> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) >> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) >> >> ----------------- >> Henry L. Coleman >> [VoIP-PBX.ca] >> >> ================= >> >>> Johannes Vanderknyff< >>> (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX) >>> >>> If you can get to the console, type "mount" and that should give you a >>> listing of "mounted" filesystems. >>> If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can just copy >>> (cp) the files to that location. >>> >>> Johannes >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore function that >>>> can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail. >>>> This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB stick instead >>>> of a default backup directory. >>>> My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the >>>> backup path to this device. >>>> When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is >>>> recognised and is working but does't tell me where >>>> in the directory structure to find it. >>>> >>>> Help please? >>>> >>>> Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] >>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
