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mrblondeisback

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Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 16

Mounting second hard drive

How do I mount my second hard drive?  I know to mount a cd it's mount /mnt/cdrom what path can I use to get to hdb?  or is it hd1?  what's the deal here?  I feel real dumb but I'd really like the extra 250gb of space.  thanks folks.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Mounting second hard drive

man mount, man fstab

Look in dmesg for info about your drive's device name.

retsaw

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2005-03-22

Posts: 132

Re: Mounting second hard drive

Mount it wherever you want, you just need to create a directory to use as a mountpoint and if it hasn't been done already format and partition the drive.

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,914

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Re: Mounting second hard drive

mount /dev/hb[partition number] /mnt [or media!]/ [directory name!]

ie

mount /dev/hdb1 /media/my_other_drive

To have drive mounted at boot then it needs to be added to fstab

post back if you still have problems

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holytrousers

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From: 3rd Rock from the Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 75

Re: Mounting second hard drive

mrblondeisback, you have to understand some things :
There is a file /etc/fstab in which you define the mountable devices at boot time, or their paths for later use ( for example you can use mount /dev/cdrom because an entry in this file like this exist :  /dev/cdrom      /mount/cdrom    ro 0 0 )
For details always read the man pages as they describe the best what has to be done.
you have to create a directory first of all for your mounted device, like /mnt/drive
then you can also manually mount a device, by specifying the device and the folder, or like i previously said, just the device's name and mount will search in fstab for the entry and use the options.
Tomk said to look in dmsg :
This means there is a log file (files) that tell what happens if you do something to the computer :
When you plug your drive in your usb port, kernel sends messages about it, and will tell wich device is used for your drive :
To follow what happens to the log file use this command :
tail -f /var/log/dmesg.log # tail is the command wich shows you the tail of a file, -f is to tell tail to follow the changes
Have fun !