fedora 10 is not loading my second hard drive
my second hard drive is not seen in computer window
but when I type /sbin/fdisk -l I get Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0001247c Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux /dev/sda2 26 60801 488183220 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00077d0c Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System so it sees I have 2 hard drives but I dont know how to make it so I can use it any help would be great |
You need to partition the second hard-drive. If you do "/sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb" and the type p to print the table; it will show no partitions.
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Does the second drive have an partitions or filesystem on it? Looks to me like it's blank disk.
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Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s) fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks fdisk -v Give fdisk version Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7 -u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units -b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors now what? ya I am a complete newb |
This guide should help http://linux.about.com/gi/dynamic/of....net/partition
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Or if you are like me, download a package called gparted and do it graphically.
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its like handing a new born trigonometry I looking at it and going gogaga I need to partition the hard drive I see that but how do I do it with minimal brain fluid loss its the exact same size as my first hard drive if that helps |
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gParted comes with Fedora; no need to download seperately. I agree with BillyMayDay install gparted: You can do this by typing:
yum install gparted -y Then from the Menu select Applications->System Tools->gParted Partition editor. With gParted you'll be able to create a new partition on the disk in a graphical window (more user friendly). |
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on a side note whats a superuser when i tryed to install my graphic drive it tould me I need to be one |
A super user is one that Administers the system. All configuration needs to be done as the super user: called root. Before you can install or partition your drive you need to logon as root; you can do this by typing:
su - root You'll need the password you set on install. Once logged in as root try: yun install gparted -y |
The superuser is root - the first account you set up during the installation process.
Try opening a terminal session, then type "su -" Enter root's password, then type "gparted" |
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IF SO save your self a LOT of trouble and install the kmod-nvidia or akmod-nvidia the same goes for the ATI driver kmod-fglx the blob driver overwrites some system files that may need to be replaced also super user is this Code:
su - |
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