> Ultimately my intention is to mount and unmount this remote disk via a
> command line on the second Pi, so that it can be part of the nightly
> backup script. One reason for this is because I found (with my previous
> working setup, obviously) that the second Pi takes a very long time to
> shut down if the remote disk is mounted, so I wanted to make sure it was
> unmounted whenever it wasn't actively in use.
I don't know how you "backup" your data. But if it's about syncing the
two discs, then I'd recommend you look into rsync. No need to mount, no
need to set up a share or what not. Just use rsync over ssh to sync the
two folders.
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Michael
> command line on the second Pi, so that it can be part of the nightly
> backup script. One reason for this is because I found (with my previous
> working setup, obviously) that the second Pi takes a very long time to
> shut down if the remote disk is mounted, so I wanted to make sure it was
> unmounted whenever it wasn't actively in use.
I don't know how you "backup" your data. But if it's about syncing the
two discs, then I'd recommend you look into rsync. No need to mount, no
need to set up a share or what not. Just use rsync over ssh to sync the
two folders.
--
Michael