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   From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:05:33 -0000 (UTC)   
   William Unruh  wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-02-11, pinnerite  wrote:   
   > > On Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:14:22 -0500   
   > > "David W. Hodgins"  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:55:36 -0500, vallor  wrote:   
   > >>    
   > >> > One can also run "df" on the directory in question, and it   
   > >> > will tell you what the device is:   
   > >> >   
   > >> > _[/srv/Extreme_Pro]_(xxx@lm)🐧_   
   > >> > $ df .   
   > >> > Filesystem      1K-blocks      Used  Available Use% Mounted on   
   > >> > /dev/sda1      3844518728 862344652 2786808504  24% /srv/Extreme_Pro   
   > >>   
   > >> Lol. Thanks. That's one I did not know.   
   > >>   
   > >> I now realize I had never bothered using "page down" while viewing the df   
   man page.   
   > >>   
   > >> Regards, Dave Hodgins   
   > >   
   > > My arrangement is not that simple.   
   > >   
   > > My system is installed on a 1TB nvMe.   
   > > But all my data is on a separate partition on a 2TB hard drive   
   > > -> /home/Data The backup only has two partitions: Data and Mythtv so   
   > > just rsyncing from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb won't do it.   
   >   
   > You would never rsync from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. they are not   
   > directories and files. You would mount /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 say  and then   
   > rsync between those mounted filesystems. (call them SDA and SDB if you   
   > want.)sda and sdb are the whole disk. sda# are partitions on sda where #   
   > means some number . But you do not have drives sda or sdb You have   
   > driver /dev/nvme0 and /dev/nvme1 say, with partitions like  nvme0n1p2   
   >   
   > Mount the partitions into your root filessytem and then you can rsync   
   > between those mounted partitions.   
   >   
   Of course I have to mount them but I have to identify them first!   
   >   
   > >   
   > > Anyway, running Antix looks like a temporary solution.   
      
   I copied the script that mounts the partitions to Antix /media/EFU-LIVE   
   but when I tried to execute it, it was not recognised.   
   I could not chmod it to make it executable. When I tried to do so by   
   right-clicking it and checking the execute boxes, the result wouldn't hold. I   
   am not giving up.   
      
   Fortunately I can still back up to a second machine.   
      
   > > I hope I can organise persistence so that I can save a script toi the   
   flash drive.   
   > >   
   > > Regards,  Alan   
   > >   
      
      
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