HDD mounting

chandu · 08-13-2005, 07:48 AM

HI all,
can any body help me in mounting a HHD. When ever the system reboots, I need to mount it back manually, although I have added the below line in /etc/fstab

none /opt2 ext3 defaults 0 0

chandu

pnellesen · 08-13-2005, 07:57 AM

You need to include the device itself? Something like this:

/dev/hda5 /opt2 ext3 defaults 0 0

Depending on which partition/drive you want to mount.

linmix · 08-13-2005, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by chandu
HI all,
can any body help me in mounting a HHD. When ever the system reboots, I need to mount it back manually, although I have added the below line in /etc/fstab

none /opt2 ext3 defaults 0 0

chandu

That's a funny line!

If you check man mount you'll see the way to mount anything is by giving the the location of what you want to mount (e.g. /dev/hdb), then where you want to mount it (e.g. /mnt/hd2). The line you posted lacks the first ingredient.
Supposing your new HDD is connected to IDE1 as slave you should change 'none' to '/dev/hdb' (without the '') and make sure /opt2 exists.

Nylex · 08-13-2005, 08:03 AM

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Originally posted by linmix
That's a funny line!

If you check man mount you'll see the way to mount anything is by giving the the location of what you want to mount (e.g. /dev/hdb), then where you want to mount it (e.g. /mnt/hd2). The line you posted lacks the first ingredient.
Supposing your new HDD is connected to IDE1 as slave you should change 'none' to '/dev/hdb' (without the '') and make sure /opt2 exists.

Surely he needs to mount a partition, ie. use /dev/hdbx as per pnellesen's post?

SlackerLX · 08-13-2005, 08:04 AM

include your device in fstab file in /etc directory. Just open it with editor and add necessary lines. What is your device? Specify please

chandu · 08-13-2005, 08:12 AM

Thanks...
This is the first time I am adding HDD, and I was confused with the volumegroups