#!/bin/bash
# this script mount the first partition on the COMPUSA usb harddrive"
# last edited Sept 9, 2025
# partitions are:
# sdb1 vfat 1024bytes   sdb2   sdb3 
# command history:
# mkdir extstor
# dmesg | tail -20
# sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
# sudo mkfs.ext2 -b 1024 /dev/sdb1
# sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/extstor/
# sudo chown leo extstor
# now user: leo can read and write to the partition
# ------------------------------
# for the sdb1 partition formatted as w95 vfat the following command 
# must be used to mount this drive so that user 1000 (leo) can r&w files to 
# it.
#--- working script as of 20250909 to mount sdb1 partition which will be used for the rsync backup 
#
echo ""
echo "Step 1. Mounting partion sdb1 --> type=vfat w95 32bit | bs = 1024 bytes"
sudo mount -t vfat -o rw,user,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=011,fmask=111,blocksize=1024,fat=32 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/extstor
echo ""
echo "                     done ... mountpoint is /mnt/extstor"
echo ""
echo ""
echo "**************** Begin rsync operation *****************"
echo ""
cd /mnt/extstor 
sudo rsync -a /home/leo/ /mnt/extstor/
echo ""
echo " rsync operation is completed "
echo ""
ls -l
echo ""
echo "************* rsync script completed *************"
echo ""
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