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Misc. Scripts

Find out name of USB stick

 # fdisk -l

List USB drives, mounted and unmounted

 lsblk

Create mount point

 # mkdir /mnt/usb-drive

List connected USB devices

 $ lsusb
 $ lsusb -v

More detailed version:

 $ usb-devices

dmesg - print or control the kernel ring buffer

This shows possible error messages from the drive mounting

  $ dmesg.

Mount USB drive to system

  # mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb-drive/

Partition and Format GPT

  $ sudo parted /dev/sdd
  mklabel gpt
  
  (parted) print
  Model: ASMT 2105 (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sdd: 1000GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: gpt
  Disk Flags:
  
  Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags
  
  mkpart primary 0% 100%
  (parted) quit

Create a Filesystem on the New Partition

  # mkfs.ext4 -L offsitebackup /dev/sdd1

Copy ISO to USB stick

Reference: http://askubuntu.com/questions/116942/any-way-to-manually-make-a-bootable-usb-from-iso

 sudo dd if=/path/to.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=16M

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Misc. Scripts

Find out name of USB stick

List USB drives, mounted and unmounted

Create mount point

List connected USB devices

dmesg - print or control the kernel ring buffer

Mount USB drive to system

Partition and Format GPT

Create a Filesystem on the New Partition

Copy ISO to USB stick

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Misc. Scripts

Find out name of USB stick

List USB drives, mounted and unmounted

Create mount point

List connected USB devices

dmesg - print or control the kernel ring buffer

Mount USB drive to system

Partition and Format GPT

Create a Filesystem on the New Partition

Copy ISO to USB stick

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