[opensuse] How to mount USB drive in single user mode?

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Subject:	[opensuse] How to mount USB drive in single user mode?
Group:	Suse-linux-e
From:	Simon Roberts
Date:	8 May 2008

Hi all,

I want to make a full backup of my system before I try to rebuild it to upgrade from 10.2 to 10.3. To do this, I bought a USB drive that's bigger than my system's internal disk. It mounts automatically when I log in as a user, but doesn't mount when I'm in single-user mode.

Normally, "mount" shows it as /dev/sdb1 /media/EASY DISK and I can read and write files just dandy.

However, in single user mode, it doesn't show up automatically, and if I try to do:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
or
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/EASY\ DISK

the system tells me there's no such device as /dev/sdb1

So, can anyone tell me how to mount a USB external drive in single user mode?

Alternatively, can anyone tell me how to make a stable backup of a whole filesystem (hard/soft links, device files and all) while not being in single user mode?

Thanks in advance for any pointers,
Cheers,
Simon

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