installing second harddrive

angry_red_penguin · 07-30-2006, 05:31 PM

in ubuntu how do you get it to recognise a second harddrive? it doesnt seem to see it, how do i get it to see it? this stuff is easy in windows

Dionysian · 07-30-2006, 05:56 PM

Was this hard drive added after you installed? The installation usually gives you a chance to mount it.

angry_red_penguin · 07-30-2006, 05:59 PM

it was in when i installed ubuntu, but it didnt seem to see it, any ideas how i could make it see it? ideally id like to be able to just access it and format it clean from inside ubuntu, ive read a few posts about mount points, do i need to do something to do with that?

thanks

Dionysian · 07-30-2006, 06:12 PM

Assuming it's an IDE drive it should be under /dev/hdb with a number for each partition on it. You have to mount each partition at a mount point, which is basically another file/directory in the filesystem. So if you used the command

sudo mkdir /mnt/second

We could create a directory to mount it in. Assuming it has only one partition, we can then use the command

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/second

It should automatically recognise the filesystem and mount it there. You can now browse that folder which will contain the contents of the hard drive. This will only mount it for the session you're logged in, though. You need to edit fstab to make sure it mounts when you boot up. So:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Should load up Gnome's text editor with the fstab file. The contents already there should give you a good idea of how to enter it properly. First the device, in this example /dev/hdb1. Then the second column where you want to mount it, in this example we wanted to mount it at /mnt/second. Then type in the filesystem type, it should tell you what it was assuming it mounted successfully. Then add the mount options, and the dump and fsck options. For detailed options on these try reading something like this since there's various options for you to tune it to.

angry_red_penguin · 07-30-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dionysian

Assuming it's an IDE drive it should be under /dev/hdb with a number for each partition on it. You have to mount each partition at a mount point, which is basically another file/directory in the filesystem. So if you used the command

sudo mkdir /mnt/second

We could create a directory to mount it in. Assuming it has only one partition, we can then use the command

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/second

It should automatically recognise the filesystem and mount it there. You can now browse that folder which will contain the contents of the hard drive. This will only mount it for the session you're logged in, though. You need to edit fstab to make sure it mounts when you boot up. So:

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Should load up Gnome's text editor with the fstab file. The contents already there should give you a good idea of how to enter it properly. First the device, in this example /dev/hdb1. Then the second column where you want to mount it, in this example we wanted to mount it at /mnt/second. Then type in the filesystem type, it should tell you what it was assuming it mounted successfully. Then add the mount options, and the dump and fsck options. For detailed options on these try reading something like this since there's various options for you to tune it to.

thanks for the advice, is there any way to do this via point and click programs inside ubuntu or when ubuntu is being installed?
im very much a point and click kinf of guy!

Dionysian · 07-30-2006, 06:32 PM

I'm not sure, I'm not running Gnome at the moment. There might be some applications that can do it.

angry_red_penguin · 07-30-2006, 06:39 PM

are you using kubuntu? i have that installed too if thats any help.

Dionysian · 07-30-2006, 06:40 PM

I'm using fluxbox at the minute, although I have both Gnome and KDE installed.

binary_y2k2 · 07-30-2006, 08:13 PM

I know in Kubuntu it usually shows it in (open in konqueror) system:/media
Also in System Settings, if you click on "Disk & Filesystems" you can setup mount points and stuff.