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==== Manual Mounting ====
Mount of an external USB drive will not occur when a server "boots" or "reboots" when the fstab configuration file is configured for manual mounting. A powered up USB drive that is plugged in after a server has completed the boot process is also not mounted.
Configure fstab for a manual mounting of an external USB drive with the following: * Start a "terminal" session login as the "root" user ID. * Navigate to the "etc" directory with the "cd" command and make a backup of the current fstab file.< TBA blockquote>{{Code|cd /etccp /fstab /fstab_bak}}</blockquote>* Using a preferred file editor (i.e. vi, nano), open the fstab file.<blockquote>{{Code|nano fstab}}</blockquote>* Near the bottom of the and after the other fstab entries, add the following:<blockquote>{{Text|Text=LABEL=usbdisk /media/usbdrive ext3 rw,noauto,users,exec,noatime 0 0}}</blockquote>* Now save the fstab file and exit the editor.* Navigate to the /media directory and create a "usbdisk" directory. This is where the external drive will be mounted, this is called a "mount point".<blockquote>{{Code|cd /mediamkdir usbdrive}}</blockquote>* Make sure the external drive USB cable is connected to the server and is powered up.* Reboot the server.* Start a "terminal" session login as the "root" user ID.* To manually mount the external drive issue the following command:<blockquote>{{Code|mount -L usbdrive}}</blockquote>* The system reads the fstab, when it finds a line entry with the label "usbdrive", it mounts the drive the mount point, "/media/usbdisk".
===Installing rsnapshot===
