I am new to liunx and have a question...

My computer has two had disks installed. I see the detection process detect both drives. However, only hda is available. I am unable to find a way to mount or use hdb. Since hdb is also a brand new drive it will require formatting and I am unable to find a format utility to do it with in the os (Debian). I need to be able to have the second drive partitioned, formatted, and recognized on the desktop so it can me used as a server storage drive. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciaed.

Thank you,

* Use fdisk or cfdisk to partition your harddrive. (eg, cfdisk /dev/hdb)
* Use mkfs.* where * is ext2, ext3, reiserfs, or whatever filesystem you want to use for each partition. (eg, mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdb1)
* Make mountpoints for your new partitions. (eg, mkdir /mnt/hdb1)
* Add entries into /etc/fstab for your new partitions and where you want to mount them.
* Mount them. (eg mount /mnt/hdb1)

Not sure what you mean by 'recognised on the desktop'...

Cheers,
Micha.

PS this inormation is easily available; in general, google for it first and/or check out the relevant HOWTO's before asking.

Thanks!!

That was way too fast... didnt expect the reply this fast

thanks again!