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Re: How do I install a second harddrive

Not done it on Debian but I guess it's similar to how I did it with RH9:
fdisk /dev/hdb (or hdc or hdd depending which IDE channel the drive is on and whether it's master or slave).
This will let you partition the drive and typing 'm' will show you the available commands. Create 1 or more partitons as required. 

Make a directory at the root of your current structure eg 'mkdir hdd1'
In /etc/fstab create a line as follows, changing it to meet your requirements: 

/dev/hdb1               /hdd1                   ext3    defaults        2 1
Add one line for every partition you create, with hdb1 being partition 1, hdb2 being partition 2 etc. If you use extended partitions these are named from hdb5 upwards I think.
Save it and type 'mount /hdd2' and you should be able to browse to /hdd2 and use it as required. Permissions and stuff will need to be set on the new drive, and you may wish to do the above as root. 

I think this is what I did?  Hope it helps!

Regards,

nry




From: "Wathen, Metherion" <MWathen@bsalifestructures.com>
To: "Debian-User (E-mail)" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: How do I install a second harddrive
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:38:07 -0500

Hi all,
I know that sounds stoopid, but I'm having trouble finding info
that tells me what I need to do to get a second harddrive on my system
recognized by linux.
When i boot the system dmesg clearly shows hdb as found.
however I don't know what to do to see the contents (if any) of hdb in a program 
like gmc.
So my question is
1) what do I use to 'see' the 2nd harddrive
2) how do I format it for use w/o messing up my 1st drive
3) how do I make it part of my existing filesystem
I checked the archives for installing a second harddrive but no matches resulted 

thanks in advance
Any help at all would be great.
cc me your answers please
mw


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