Making the moint point for a harddrive partition.
I am sorta a linux newbie I have used it before but never installed it... Well I am stuck on where you make the mountpoint for your harddrive partition. Its only one main hardrive, for linux6.0 which i recieved from my teacher. I need some help, if anyone wouldn't mind walking me through it.
Thanks Alot , Stephen |
Hi Stephen
You typically create a mount point in your /mnt directory (assuming your talking mounting a Windows filesystem in Linux?) If your refering to installing a Linux distribution from scratch then you dont have to worry about this. |
Usually mkdir /mnt/<name you want to give it>
:confused: linux6.0?? I have never heard of that. Usually you have a distribution and release number. # Linux Distribution links: A Beginner's Guide to Choosing a Linux Distribution Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux LWN distro list elinux Linux Distributions # Pre-installation guides GNU/Linux pre-installation checklist The Pre-Installation Help File # Partitioning Linux Partition HOWTO Rute - Partitions, File Systems, Formatting, Mounting # Linux filesystem structure Directory Navigation Help File Filesystems, Directories, and Devices Help File Proper Filesystem Layout |
and well i am using disk druid... when i put in a mount point it talks about it not being in the root. The fact is I just got in my new pc, and I wanted to go ahead and try linux out, so there are no other os on it just dos as far as now... I am booting from a cd.
-stephen |
also when i enter a mount pont it accepts when i press ok to continue instalation it says you must assign a root"/"partition to the linux native partition(ext2) for the install to proceed.
-stephen:newbie: :Pengy: |
There is a reason I post things, really! :cry:
---look-->Proper Filesystem Layout<---look ---look-->Linux Partition HOWTO<---look ---look-->Rute - Partitions, File Systems, Formatting, Mounting<---look Disk druid sounds like you have an old version of Mandrake and I suggest going a newer version with release 9.0 as it seems stable to me on my boxen. # Cheap CDs Discount Linux CDs Linux Central Cheapbytes TuxCDs ComputerHelperGuy Mandrake 9.0 Chapter 2. Installation with DrakX # Mandrake links Mandrake home page Mandrake Users website Easy urpmi config for Mandrake urpmi mini-HOWTO Easy software management: Red Carpet Maximum RPM rpmfind You didn't install the developmental packages? As root, command: urpmi gcc An Introduction to the Midnight Commander. You can install it by commanding: urpmi mc Midnight Commander home page |
i just bought my new pc i am broke and since we are about to move we didnt get dsl so i have 56 k. also is it a possibility that my harddrive is too large for my version of linux? I am wokring with 80gb. - Stephen
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Thanks for all your help, I got through almost the whole setup its' formatting the swap as I type this.
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I believe many of you will be glad to know , I have finally got redhat 9!
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