Topic: Unplug/Disconnect USB Drive/Device (Solved)

[imcintyre]

I just finished running dar2 backup to usb drive. Worked well.

With windows there was the whole stop the usb device etc. Is there a procedure like this for SME 7.1 or just pull the plug?

Thx in advance for your help

[byte]

Is there a procedure like this for SME 7.1 or just pull the plug?

Make sure it's not mounted before pulling plug.

[imcintyre]

Well I ran dar2, and used target as /media/usbdisk. I am a noob so I don't know too much.

How do I unmount it?

Thx in advance

[sonoracomm]

umount /media/usbdisk

[imcintyre]

Forgive my ignorance but I tried that code

umount /media/usbdisk

and got the following:

[root@mcserver1 ~]# unmount/media/usbdisk
-bash: unmount/media/usbdisk: No such file or directory
[root@mcserver1 ~]# umount/media/usbdisk
-bash: umount/media/usbdisk: No such file or directory

[cactus]

Forgive my ignorance but I tried that code

umount /media/usbdisk

and got the following:

[root@mcserver1 ~]# unmount/media/usbdisk
-bash: unmount/media/usbdisk: No such file or directory
[root@mcserver1 ~]# umount/media/usbdisk
-bash: umount/media/usbdisk: No such file or directory

Doing the same time twice won't help you

Add a space between umount and /media/usbdisk just like in the example, that should work.

[imcintyre]

It wasn't the same thing, I mispelt, and as it turned out I missed a space too.

Anyhow, in the meantime I shut down the server, unplugged it and then removed the drive.

I'll back up tonight and if I have any problems I'll return here.

Thx again

[imcintyre]

all good thx.

[judgej]

I just finished running dar2 backup to usb drive. Worked well.

With windows there was the whole stop the usb device etc. Is there a procedure like this for SME 7.1 or just pull the plug?

After dar2 completes, it will automatically unmount the USB disk anyway. That is why your umount command failed: the disk was already unmounted.

After that, just pull the plug or turn it off.

-- JJ

[imcintyre]

I saw that when I ran the verbose version or bothered to read what there was. Thx again