issues with a external hdd when using it on two diff notebooks [name-conventions]

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i have two notebooks and a new external hdd.

this is a thread that wants to make clear how to treat a external hdd when using it on two diff notebooks, Are there any issue i can be faced - eg. can there be any conflicts with naming-conventions

what is aimed: well i want to collect and backup the data from the both notebooks. how to do that:

well i do like that:

i create a directory


# mkdir /mnt/external

and mount this with


mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external

then i do that:

chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external

and then i mount again with

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external

question. can i do this procedure with the both machines - can i do it with exactly the same commands, names - or is it not corrrect to name the directories on the external drive with exactly the same name!!?

Well - for me as a beginnner in the filed of mounting drives - it is a important question: i do not want to cause conflicts

if i have to explain the ideas and thoughts more thouroghly - just let me know.

love to hear from you

ps see some results - that i got when trying to name (/treat) the external drive exacly the same way … when it is connected to the second notebook

see seome reports and steps i take - as trying to mount the external drive on the second notebook


Passwort: 
linux-70ce:/home/martin # 
linux-70ce:/home/martin #         mkdir -p /mnt/external
linux-70ce:/home/martin # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external
linux-70ce:/home/martin # chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external
If 'chomd' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf chomd
linux-70ce:/home/martin # chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external
If 'chomd' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf chomd
linux-70ce:/home/martin # umount /dev/sdb1
linux-70ce:/home/martin # 
linux-70ce:/home/martin # chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external
If 'chomd' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf chomd
linux-70ce:/home/martin # chown martin:users /mnt/external
linux-70ce:/home/martin # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external
linux-70ce:/home/martin # 
linux-70ce:/home/martin # mount  /mnt/external
mount: /dev/sdb1 is already mounted or /mnt/external busy
       /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /run/media/martin/HDDRIVE2GO
       /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /var/run/media/martin/HDDRIVE2GO
       /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /mnt/external
linux-70ce:/home/martin #

hmmm - it is a bit strange isnt it

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On 2013-12-14 16:16, dilbertone wrote:
>
> i have two notebooks and a new external hdd.
>
> this is a thread that wants to make clear how to treat a external hdd
> when using it on two diff notebooks, Are there any issue i can be faced
> - eg. can there be any conflicts with naming-conventions

Names are irrelevant, ownership is based on the UID and GID numbers, not
the names.

> what is aimed: well i want to collect and backup the data from the both
> notebooks. how to do that:

Use a different directory for each notebook.

> Code:
> --------------------
>
> Passwort:
> linux-70ce:/home/martin #
> linux-70ce:/home/martin # mkdir -p /mnt/external
> linux-70ce:/home/martin # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external
> linux-70ce:/home/martin # chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external
> If ‘chomd’ is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
> cnf chomd
> linux-70ce:/home/martin # chomd -R 0777 /mnt/external

Don’t insist, you are typing it wrong. It is ‘chmod’.

> --------------------
>
>
> hmmm - it is a bit strange isnt it

That you insist on the same command, despite the clear error message?
Yes, it is :stuck_out_tongue: {kidding}

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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hello dear Robin

many many thanks for the quick reply! GREAT to hear from you!
c

btw:

>
>
> hmmm - it is a bit strange isnt it

That you insist on the same command, despite the clear error message?
Yes, it is :stuck_out_tongue: {kidding}

arrrgh - yes now i see - it is very funny. :wink:
youre right

thx again!!!