On Friday 20 April 2007, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Let me explain a bit clearer :-) > > I have some large files on this box (FC6) that I need to also have on my > laptop (Mandriva). Therefore I need to rsync > > box > removable drive > laptop. > > On both the box and the laptop I can see the files in konqueror - so it is > mounting the drive correctly. I can move files around manually. What I > can't do is find an rsync command that will address the removable drive. > OK - puzzle solved. It's the difference in the way the two distros handle the drive. On FC6 it's mounted as /media/sda1 whereas on Mandriva it's mounted as /mnt/removable. I should have thought to check that in a normal konqueror window, rather than the automount inspired window. Anne