Mounting Secondary HDD

nairnie · 11-16-2003, 07:14 PM

From my basic understanding of Linux (RH 9) i think that to mount my secondry hard disk i first need to make sure it's there, so i did the "dmesg" command and got the following info:

Code:

hda: WDC WD100AA, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 6Y120P0, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c03c9f40, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
blk: queue c03ca084, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: Compaq CRD-8322B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 19541088 sectors (10005 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=1292/240/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: host protected area => 1
hdb: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/7936KiB Cache, CHS=15881/240/63, UDMA(33)
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Partition check:
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 >
 hdb: [PTBL] [14946/255/63] hdb1

So i then made the directory and tried to mount my Maxtor drive (hdb) but the following happened:

Code:

[root@localhost root]# mkdir /mnt/hdb1
[root@localhost root]# mount /dev/hdb1 mnt/hdb1
mount: mount point mnt/hdb1 does not exist

Anyone got any ideas what i can do now. It is formatted as Fat32 in Win XP using partion magic 8 and has several directories containing .pdf files and .jpg that were made in Windows XP. The drive but has no other partitons.

I am sure that i am doing something stupid, but i have had a google and can't find any more answers. Any help will be greatly aprreciated.

Cheers,

nairnie

Tinkster · 11-16-2003, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nairnie

Code:

[root@localhost root]# mkdir /mnt/hdb1
[root@localhost root]# mount /dev/hdb1 mnt/hdb1
mount: mount point mnt/hdb1 does not exist

Try

Code:

[root@localhost root]# mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

instead ... you forgot the leading slash. If you didn't
make a fstab entry it may also complain about the
lack of a filesystem. If it does, try

Code:

[root@localhost root]# mount -t vfat  /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

Cheers,
Tink

nairnie · 11-16-2003, 07:59 PM

Cheers Tink,

Will try the "[root@localhost root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1" as i have not done that.

PS: I don't think it is the missing slash as i tried mounting it several times and i think the tine i did the C&P from the terminal from was just a typo.... but i may be wrong so will give it another go and check my typing

Thanks.

leonscape · 11-16-2003, 07:59 PM

Is this a new disk or an already partitioned disk? the table seems to suggest one partiton.

If this is so what filesystem? for a windows disk (fat32) you would use the line

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

If its a linux ext3 for instance you would use

mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

Or do you want to repartition it, and install your own filesystem?

michaelk · 11-16-2003, 08:08 PM

Quote:

mount: mount point mnt/hdb1 does not exist

If this was indeed a typo then you need to create the directory /mnt/hdb1 using the mkdir command.

According to the ouput of dmesg hdb has a hidden partition. Just to make sure check to see how the drive is partitioned. Log in as root:
fdisk -l /dev/hdb (That is a small L)

Tinkster · 11-16-2003, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by michaelk
If this was indeed a typo then you need to create the directory /mnt/hdb1 using the mkdir command.

Quote:

Code:

[root@localhost root]# mkdir /mnt/hdb1

According to this he had done that ;)

Cheers,
Tink

michaelk · 11-16-2003, 08:21 PM

Yep, I realized what I had said after the fact... at least my mind new what I wanted to post

nairnie · 11-17-2003, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by leonscape
Is this a new disk or an already partitioned disk? the table seems to suggest one partiton.

If this is so what filesystem? for a windows disk (fat32) you would use the line

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

If its a linux ext3 for instance you would use

mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1

Or do you want to repartition it, and install your own filesystem?

It was originally a backup disk in a windows machine formatted as fat32 as a single drive (partition) using partion magic 8 in windows xp. The disk is intended to be a media storage for my home network which has windows machines and linux dual boots on them. To my understanding fat32 was the best choice for this as both the linux and windows machines can read it. Therefore i think i need to use "mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1" which i have not so far. I will try this when i get back from work.

Cheers for the help people.