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SyXbiT

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-06-28

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how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

I have 3 SATA drives in my desktop.
all ext3.

I installed, and set up sda as /, but then it asks if i want anything else mounted. I want to put in sdb and sdc, but I select ext3, and it says it will wipe it.
I installed Arch before, but i can't remember what i did. Those drives are full of stuff, so i don't want to risk formatting it just to mount it.

ideas?

thanks

creslin

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Registered: 2008-10-04

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

I want to put in sdb and sdc, but I select ext3, and it says it will wipe it.

Which installer are you using?  I don't know about previous installers, but the 2008.06 installer doesn't just automatically say it will wipe the partition.  You get a yes/no dialog asking if you want to format it.

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SyXbiT

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-06-28

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

using 2008.6.
I tested it again.
when you select 'mount partitions'
you choose swap, then '/'
then i wanted to mount sdb,  so i choose mount point '/media/HD2' and it says

Would yo ulike to create a filesystem on /dev/sdb1?
This will overwrite existing data

are you saying it will keep my data intact?

creslin

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

Would yo ulike to create a filesystem on /dev/sdb1?
This will overwrite existing data

are you saying it will keep my data intact?

If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to mount X partition with a pre-existing filesystem.  It has pre-existing data, and you want to keep that data intact.

If this is the case, answer "no" when it asks "Would you like to create a filesystem on /dev/sdb1?"

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SyXbiT

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2008-06-28

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

i'm trying that
i feel stupid, but for some reason i didn't understand the wording. i thought that by selecting 'no' it would cancel the mounting
thanks for the help

creslin

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Registered: 2008-10-04

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

I can see how it might be confusing at first.  It's really just asking if you want to re/format.

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qpieus

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Registered: 2008-03-08

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Re: how can i mount 2nd and 3rd SATA drives during install

i'm trying that
i feel stupid, but for some reason i didn't understand the wording. i thought that by selecting 'no' it would cancel the mounting
thanks for the help

SyXbiT - did answering no work for you (that is, it did not reformat the 2nd and 3rd drives)? I'm about to install arch on a 2 drive pc, so I have the same concern. I've installed arch once, but that was on a single drive system.