Mounting 2nd Hard Drive

[Ichido]

Re: Mounting 2nd Hard Drive

Then follow these steps:

1. create a directory you want the drive to mount to, for example

sudo mkdir /media/drive2

2. add the partition to /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb1 /media/drive2 ext3 defaults,umask=0000 0 2
- '/media/drive2' is the directory you created
- 'umask=0000' gives rwx rights to all (don't need root permissions)
- change the final number from 1 to 2 (1 is reserved for root filesystem, so it's checked first during boot-up, 2 is for additional filesystems you want checked at boot)

3. mount it with

sudo mount /dev/hdb1

(it will mount automatically during boot)

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I created the /media/drive2, now how do I "2. Add the partition to /etc/fstab".
Do I type in Terminal "/dev/hdb1 /media/drive2 ext3 defaults,umask=0000 0 2"?

Thanks for your help so far...

[Rog131]

Re: Mounting 2nd Hard Drive

now how do I "2. Add the partition to /etc/fstab".

fstab is a text file so you could use text editor:

Press Alt+F2 and type kdesu kate /etc/fstab


Links:

How to fstab
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283131