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dmc said:
I have connected a Bytecc 3.5 HDD carrier containing a 80gig HDD set as Master to my Suse 9 notebook via the USB port.
I think I see it via lsusb as the following
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc.
After this I have no idea how to address the device.
What I want to do is to dump the contents of my notebook HDD to the external drive so I may make a clean load of Suse 9.1 to the notebook.
Help, please?
Take a look at rsync. Here's a short script I wrote for backing up a system to a USB drive. It's not pretty but it works. #!/bin/sh export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin LIST="/" SPARDISK="/dev/sdb1" EXCLUDE1="/media" EXCLUDE2="/var/run" MOUNT="/media/sdb1" i=`/sbin/lsusb | grep Iomega` if [ x"$i" = x ] ; then echo "Please plug in the external USB drive" else for d in $LIST; do mount $SPAREDISK $MOUNT rsync -ax --exclude $EXCLUDE1 --exclude $EXCLUDE2 $LIST $MOUNT umount $MOUNT done fi -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. --James Baldwin