?????? partitioning after install ??????

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 02:38 PM

i recently installed RH7.3 on my computer, @ the time i didn't think to install my SCSI hdd's and now i would like to add them to the filesystem. but when i use the command "/sbin/mke2fs -c -v /dev/sda1" it returns an error "no such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size". what does that mean? how do i check to see if the ssytem is recognizing my SCSI drive (it can ee the controller in control center).

thanks in advance
Sincerely:
ZAnder

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 02:43 PM

Have you added partitions?
fdisk -l

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 02:58 PM

yes, just the normal one that the RH7.3 intaller makes (/, swap, ext3). but @ the time of the install i did not have the SCSI drive in the system (it's removable) so now i need to make another ext3 (i think) so i can stick all my files on.

thanks again

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 03:01 PM

Befoer you can format you will need to partiion the scsi drive - therefore use fdisk to create the partion(s) then mkfs to create the filesystem.

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 03:04 PM

i'm sorry for the potentially stupid question (i'm new to the linux game) but i have know idea how to use fdisk. could you provide some basic pointers (how to get into it, and what to do then).

thanks again .......and agian

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 03:09 PM

To "get into it" just run:
fdisk /dev/DRIVE

Replace DRIVE with the drive name that you want to edit.

Then for usage instructions press "m".

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 03:37 PM

thanks, i managed to get a new partition set-up, and i set up a file system (ext3), but i need how to mount the drive

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 03:42 PM

1) make a mount point - eg:
mkdir /mnt/newdrive
2) mount it - eg:
mount /dev/DRIVE /mnt/newdrive

You can also create an fstab entry if you want it to be mounted on each boot.

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 03:51 PM

i think creating an fstab entry would be a good idea, i just have no idea how to. some more pointers would be very useful.

thanks...again

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 03:55 PM

Just copy an existing entry - eg home - and change the device and mount point.

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 03:57 PM

wow, i feel completely stupid, but i have to ask. how do i change the mount point ?

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 03:59 PM

oh, ya, how to i change the device ?

thanx

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 04:17 PM

Code:

Well your exisitng home entry is something like:
/dev/hda3               /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2

Therefore I suggested copying it to make:
/dev/hda3               /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
/dev/hda3               /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2

Then edit the second entry to reflect the new partition eg:
/dev/hda3               /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
/dev/hde6               /mnt/newdrive           ext3    defaults        1 2

spaztic_fury · 11-01-2003, 04:20 PM

how do i go about changing that (what to type, and where) ?

david_ross · 11-01-2003, 04:22 PM

Edit the file /etc/fstab