I've added a drive to my F18 TC1 system. In Dolphin it immediately appeared under 'Devices' and clicking on it appears to show it's mounted as "/run/mount/cj/backup disk" with root being the owner I want to use this drive as a repository to back up my home directory to...
So, my questions: Where and how should this drive be mounted? Should I give ownership to myself as opposed to root? Is FSTAB still the right file to use for setting up mount points?
On my old F16 system, I had two backup drives, and used FSTAB to mount them under the /media folder, and gave user ownership to myself, and group ownership to root, but I have no idea whether that was correct. Can't seem to find anything in documentation about this subject so suggestions on best practices and doing this right would be appreciated
Claude Jones wrote:
I've added a drive to my F18 TC1 system. In Dolphin it immediately appeared under 'Devices' and clicking on it appears to show it's mounted as "/run/mount/cj/backup disk" with root being the owner I want to use this drive as a repository to back up my home directory to...
So, my questions: Where and how should this drive be mounted? Should I give ownership to myself as opposed to root? Is FSTAB still the right file to use for setting up mount points?
If it's an external disk, just let udisks2 automatically manage it. Before unplugging the device, "eject" it through the device manager widget (plasmoid) in your system tray. (That tells udisks2 to unmount it.)
Kevin Kofler
On 12/27/2012 06:11 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Claude Jones wrote:
I've added a drive to my F18 TC1 system. In Dolphin it immediately appeared under 'Devices' and clicking on it appears to show it's mounted as "/run/mount/cj/backup disk" with root being the owner I want to use this drive as a repository to back up my home directory to...
So, my questions: Where and how should this drive be mounted? Should I give ownership to myself as opposed to root? Is FSTAB still the right file to use for setting up mount points?
If it's an external disk, just let udisks2 automatically manage it. Before unplugging the device, "eject" it through the device manager widget (plasmoid) in your system tray. (That tells udisks2 to unmount it.)
Kevin Kofler
Actually, it's an internal disk - thanks for the reply. It is inserted in a trayless enclosure that is mounted in the 5.25" slots of my PC. The back of the enclosure has SATA connectors for each drive slot, which are connected directly to the motherboard SATA controller.
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