list modules with lsmod
~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
i810_audio 30908 0 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 17140 0 (autoclean) [i810_audio]
soundcore 6468 2 (autoclean) [i810_audio]
agpgart 24496 4 (autoclean)
...
load usb modules
~$ sudo /sbin/modprobe usb-storage
~$ sudo /sbin/modprove sd_mod
mount usb drive
- sda1 - dos parition
- sda2 - linux partition
~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 pmp/sda1
~$ sudo mount /dev/sda2 pmp/sda2
copy files for backup
~$ cp -r pmp/ backup/
unmount drives
~$ umount /dev/sda1
~$ umount /dev/sda2