Re: How do I install a second harddrive

2003-08-29 Thread Neal Lippman
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 14:38, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I know that sounds stoopid, but I'm having trouble finding info > that tells me what I need to do to get a second harddrive on my system > recognized by linux. > When i boot the system dmesg clearly shows hdb as found. > however I do

Re: How do I install a second harddrive

2003-08-29 Thread Stefan Waidele jun.
Wathen, Metherion wrote: [...] So my question is 1) what do I use to 'see' the 2nd harddrive You need to a) partition it (fdisk or cfdisk) b) format it (mkXYZfs, where XYZ is the filesystem-type of your choice) c) mount it (mount and/or fstab) 2) how do I format it for use w/o messing up my 1st dr

Re: How do I install a second harddrive

2003-08-29 Thread Chris Wilcox
Not done it on Debian but I guess it's similar to how I did it with RH9: fdisk /dev/hdb (or hdc or hdd depending which IDE channel the drive is on and whether it's master or slave). This will let you partition the drive and typing 'm' will show you the available commands. Create 1 or more part

Re: How do I install a second harddrive

2003-08-29 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 7:38 pm, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi all, > I know that sounds stoopid, but I'm having trouble finding info > that tells me what I need to do to get a second harddrive on my system > recognized by linux. > When i boot the system dmesg clearly shows hdb as found. > however I