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madhattr

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Registered: 2004-05-12

Posts: 39

SATA install

Hey, i recently bought a seagate SATA hd for storage use, i already have a running linux system and wish to use the newly installed hd, what must i do to get this HD working.
I know i must format and partition this hd. but i do not know how to go about doing that in linux? any help would be greatful! thanx

madhattr

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Registered: 2004-05-12

Posts: 39

Re: SATA install

I do not wish to install any operating system on this hd, i have no experience with sata at all. i only wish to get the hd working to the point where i can move all my mp3's on to this harddrive, i have the newest arch install, with everything up to date. I do not know what to do to test to see if my sata hd is set-up correctly. if anyone here know what i should be doing to get it to work, PLEASE let me know, it would help me out alot! 

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,896

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Re: SATA install

does drive show up in dmesg ?

dmesg | grep sata 

search forum for threads on sata drives .....

HTH

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madhattr

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Registered: 2004-05-12

Posts: 39

Re: SATA install

I did the dmesg | grep sata command and this is what i got.

scsi0 : sata_sis
scsi1 : sata_sis

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: SATA install

What do you see when you type:
"ls /dev/sd*"