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04.09.2008 at 10:47AM PDT, ID: 23309030
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Format and mount external USB drives in Linux with ext3 or ext4 on LVM

Asked by pjinlaok in Fedora Linux, Hard Drives & Storage, Computer Hard Drives

Tags: Seagate MyBook external USB drive, 500 GB drive, need to store files larger > then 4 GB

I have three external USB drives that I want to use as off-site backup media. I am backing up tar.gz files that exceed 25 GB so I can't use FAT to format.

I need instruction as to how I can use Linux LVM to format and auto mount the drive when the USB connection is made.

I would like specific instructions for:
How to see the drive in /dev/sdd#
How to create a LVM
How to partition the drive
How to format the drive.
How to mount the drive
How to have automatic mount when USB is connected to server.


Many thanks


Linux Fedora Core 6
8 GB RAM
core 4 3 GHZ
ext3
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Zones: Fedora Linux, Hard Drives & Storage, Computer Hard Drives
Tags: Seagate MyBook external USB drive, 500 GB drive, need to store files larger > then 4 GB
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