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Old 02-12-2013, 12:55 PM   #1
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how do i change drives (centos 6.3)


dumb question, but I can't seem to find an answer.
I have another drive volume called "apps" and a couple of directories inside it.
My question is: From the command line, how do I change the drive and directory?
I've tried
cd /apps
cd /apps/

thanks!
 
Old 02-12-2013, 01:02 PM   #2
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Has the drive been mounted yet?

Post the output of "fdisk -l" and "df -h"
 
Old 02-12-2013, 01:30 PM   #3
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Hi

Should that be
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
Also try mount
 
Old 02-12-2013, 01:51 PM   #4
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Hi

Should that be
Code:
sudo fdisk -l
Also try mount
centOS doesn't use sudo by default, he'll need to be root.
 
Old 02-12-2013, 02:01 PM   #5
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Sorry I just got mine set for sudo
 
Old 02-12-2013, 02:25 PM   #6
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Disk /dev/sdb: 299.4 GB, 299439751168 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36404 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d62e5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 36404 292415098+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sda: 299.4 GB, 299439751168 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36404 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b87ae

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 64 36405 291908608 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nbweb-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nbweb-lv_swap: 8422 MB, 8422162432 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/mapper/vg_nbweb-lv_home: 236.8 GB, 236802015232 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 28789 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
 
Old 02-12-2013, 02:57 PM   #7
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And the output of "df -h" or "mount"?
 
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I take it you did not add the this partition or drive to the "fstab" file ?

even if you did not CentOS 6.3 using Gnome2
it "should" be auto mounted by autofs on boot
and listen in Nautilus ( on the left side window )
/media/????something , but after you click on it in Nautilus.

if i had to guess it might be "/dev/sdb1"
Code:
su -
---- your root password when asked ---
mkdir /mnt/apps
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/apps
 
Old 02-13-2013, 02:51 PM   #9
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The second drive was under /media/Apps/
is this an alias?
 
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No this is a mount point you should read this for better understanding. Or google linux mount in general.
 
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The second drive was under /media/Apps/
is this an alias?
This comes down to a fundamental difference between Windows and Linux.

In Windows, all drives have their own, unique directory structure. The root of that directory structure is C:\, D:\, etc. All drives are separate.

In Linux, there is ONE directory structure, with a root at /. All drives are mounted somewhere inside this directory structure. Where they're mounted is up to you. You can mount an external drive at /media, or /mnt, or /home, or /this/is/where/i/want/to/mount/my/drive/thank/you/very/much. It is completely up to you. Your drive was auto-mounted by the operating system in a subdirectory of /media, which is pretty common, however there's no real reason for it to be there. You could umount it and then remount it anywhere in the directory structure that you like. /etc/fstab is the file that controls where various drives are mounted (and with what options) when the system boots up.
 
Old 02-13-2013, 03:47 PM   #12
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You named the drive ( or partition )

when you formatted it you gave it a name

I do that for a large drive i use between two different os's
mine though is called "DATA"

You can mount it by name , ordevice ID, or any of a few options .

for say a usb back up drive ( like one of the 3 terabit drives )
mounting it by it's device id allows it to be plugged into ANY usb port and always be mounted in the SAME place and by the same name

some reading that might be helpful
http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/GnomeAutomount
centos 6.3 is using udev ( along with "init" )

if you go beyond simple fstab settings and into udev -- it is not hard but just a bit complex
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

a VERY VERY good source for information is ( believe it or not )
" The Arch Linux wiki"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev

it works for many different distros
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Table_of_Contents

and is VERY well written

Last edited by John VV; 02-13-2013 at 03:49 PM.
 
Old 02-14-2013, 07:15 AM   #13
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Thanks all. Looks like the Apps volume (what it was named) disappeared after a reboot.
I'm going to have to do some more reading on how to have drives mounted at boot up.
 
Old 02-14-2013, 07:23 AM   #14
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okay, i see what's going on: Gnome mounts the volume if logging in to a desktop and it stays mounted until the next reboot. However, Linux does not mount the volume on its own (unless I connect to the desktop first), so I need to figure out how to have it mount the volume w/o needing to login to the desktop first.
 
Old 02-14-2013, 07:58 AM   #15
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okay, I looked into fstab and the volume is not there, so then I ran the df -a command and found that the 299GB hard drive (actually hardware RAID1) is not even listed.
UGH!
Losing hair fast. What to do next...
 
  


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