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.

Does the second drive have an partitions or filesystem on it? Looks to me like it's blank disk.

yes its blank just got it from the factory

ok I did that got this

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

Or if you are like me, download a package called gparted and do it graphically.

I am willing to learn but I wana take it in steps and this tut is way over any thing I understand

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

so ya i dl the package now how do I use a package? lol

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).

its not there

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"

are you trying to install the blob nvidia driver from nvidia
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