Re: [SLUG] Adding slave HD

From: Scott Piper (piper@ij.net)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 10:57:52 EDT


but after using fdisk and before mounting, don't forget to create the file system
on it using mke2fs, mkreiserfs, or whatever formatting type you want to do.

    scott

Paul M Foster wrote:

> Fdisk and mount it, as in:
>
> fdisk /dev/hdb
>
> (assuming it's the second hard drive on the first IDE controller), and
> follow the instructions. This means you'll need to specify its type (82
> or 83, I believe; see the list in fdisk), and specify its partitions
> (probably one big primary).
>
> Then mount it, via:
>
> mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb /mnt/datadrive
>
> where /mnt/datadrive is a directory you've created for mounting this
> drive.
>
> If you intend to mount this drive at boot time, you'll need to edit your
> /etc/fstab file to include this drive. Its entry in this file will be
> similar to the one for /dev/hda.
>
> Paul



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