Re: Adding Drives
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 14:51, dman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 07:16:41AM -0500, Michael Grover wrote:
>
> | why I need a mount point on hda to get to hdc?
>
> If you don't have the "mount point" (or, to paraphrase, "point at
> which the drive is mounted") you can't mount it there. Think of it
> like trying to bolt a new alternator into your car. If there is no
> frame there with holes to put the bolt through, how will you do this?
> The car manufacturer must first provide a "mount point" on which to
> mount your alternator.
>
> I hope this analogy makes sense.
IIRC the O'reilly book on system administration makes a good place to
read about why this has to be done in this fashion. If you like not
having the mount point exist, you can do automount, but that only works
under a specific directory as well.
--mike
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