Re: How do I install a second harddrive

["Stefan Waidele jun." <Stefan@Waidele.net>]

Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> [...]
> So my question is 
> 1) what do I use to 'see' the 2nd harddrive

You need to
a) partition it (fdisk or cfdisk)
b) format it (mkXYZfs, where XYZ is the filesystem-type of your choice)
c) mount it (mount and/or fstab)

> 2) how do I format it for use w/o messing up my 1st drive

Since fdisk and mkfs take the device-file as an option, you should be 
fine if you avoid typos.

> 3) how do I make it part of my existing filesystem

Mount it where you want it to be :)

http://stefan.waidele.info/Re_My_partition_is_full_Do_I_need_to_reinstall.html
helps you if you want to use the new drive for already existing directories.

HTH,

Stefan