> The idea was to mount the disk not only at startup but each time the disk is > plugged and keep it switched off most of the time but I'll have to mount it > with a custom script instead of automatically.
Gonzalo, Make certain you 'umount' before unplugging or powering down the USB disk. Periodic network/cloud backups also work well. BTW, AstLinux supports a 'wol-host' command to wake a network device that supports Wake-on-LAN ... some testing is required for particular hardware. -- Usage: wol-host [options...] ipv4_addr|name Options: --mac MAC Manually define the MAC address, aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff, default none/auto-lookup -p pass Append aa:bb:cc:dd[:ee:ff] password to the WoL packet, default none -P, --ping Follow WoL packet with a series of ICMP (ping) packets to host. -t secs Max time (in secs) to send ping packets, default 180 -v Verbose mode -h, --help Show this help text -- So, if everything works correctly, an AstLinux script could initiate a backup by first sending a WoL packet to wake a network file server, perform the backup and then let the network file server sleep after a period of inactivity. Lonnie > On Apr 29, 2023, at 4:52 AM, Gonzalo <goniba...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thank you Ionel and Lonnie. > > The idea was to mount the disk not only at startup but each time the disk is > plugged and keep it switched off most of the time but I'll have to mount it > with a custom script instead of automatically. > I have a remote controlled switch which I use to power on the disk each time > I want to perform a backup. > > Regards. > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
