Permanently mount a USB Hard Disk for Security purpose

[Nathan Schwarz]

On 10-20/11:47, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> Secondly, the HD should be mounted on the computer ... permanently.
> 
>  Mkdir /media/resqueHD
> 
> mount -t fat32 /dev/sdd1 /media/resqueHD
> 
> and finally, the mounting should be made permanent by adding the line:
> 
> 
>  /dev/sdd1
> /media/mydata ext4 defaults 0 0
fat instead of ext4.
Also, use UUID (under /dev/disk/by-uuid/) instead of /dev/sdxn. UUID is
reliable, while /dev/sdxn is not.

Keep in mind that FAT is not a journaling filesystem and can only keep
up to 4GB in a single file. Consider NTFS, if you have to use a 
windows-compatible fs.

-Nathan
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