[CS-FSLUG] Seeing/connecting to another HD installed

[Ruth Marlene Friesen]

On 20 Nov 2004 at 12:14, Jukka wrote:

> Here is something I found of the topic:
> 
> The Theory Behind Hard Drive Management
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4232/1/
> 
> Adding A Hard Drive with Existing Data
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4232/2/
> 
> Adding A New (Empty) Hard Drive
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4232/3/
> 
> Formatting a Drive and Wrapping Up
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4232/4/
> 
> I think second article shows how to temporarily "mount" that new drive
> (so that you can copy necessary files from it). To make it permanent,
> you have to edit /etc/fstab accordingly (so that machine can
> auto-mount the new drive during boot-process).
> 
> 
> Blessings,
> Jukka
>
Thanks, Jukka. Those articles explained the essence of my problem 
and how to solve it.

 I printed out most of those articles last night, and went to try them, 
but ran in to a snag. Where to mount the partitions on Drive G to? 
When I checked in DrakControl I found I could easily do it there too, 
but the options were partition names like /var /swap  /user  etc., and I 
have no idea which to choose.  I was afraid I might tie things into an 
ugly loop, so I decided to wait until I get a bit more info.

Any more specific ideas while I find time to go digging for info?

Blessings & Thanks,
Ruth


> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:38:42 +0000, Ruth Marlene Friesen
> <bouquet at ruthes-secretroses.com> wrote:
> > Hi Friends,
> > Don't know if you've missed me, but I've been SUPER busy the last
> > week or two. My transition into Mandrake only (from Win98) was
> > interrupted with a migration to a newer/better computer that was
> > given me, along with a spanking new HP 3-in-1.
> > 
> > Two Saturdays ago I spent a whole day installing Win98 on the
> > 10GB drive on that second computer I'd been telling you about, after
> > I reformatted the whole drive. Took all day, and many tries, but I
> > finally succeeded! Praise the Lord!
> > 
> > Then I spent a week moving files and programs in. This was all
> > because High Speed had come to our little town, and they told me it
> > would only install on Windows. This computer had an ethernet card,
> > and USB ports for the 3-in-1, which the old computer didn't. It was
> > time to make a complete move.
> > 
> > Crazy thing was, Wind98 there couldn't find the modem. Which I had
> > used in Linux. I wanted to get online to download the updates while
> > I was waiting for the High speed to be installed. Finally, last
> > Saturday I installed Mandrake 9.1 again, on the second half of that
> > 10 GB drive. It had  NO problem getting online. None. (That's when I
> > really began to switch sides mentally and emotionally!)
> > 
> > Well, this Monday I got the High Speed installed. But Win98 couldn't
> > seem to work with it right  away. Switched to Mandrake and I was
> > online already 3 minutes before the networking wizard advised me to
> > discount my other connection if I wanted to continue... <blush> I
> > was online from the moment I arrived!
> > 
> > Yesterday I took both computers into the city, and asked the guys at
> > Quest Computers to move the 40GB hard drive they had installed in my
> > older computer last year, into this newer computer as a secondary or
> > slave drive. Then I'd have 50GB all told here. But they are NOT
> > Linux fellas.
> > 
> > My Win98 is not even aware of that other drive. When I go into
> > Mandrake I can SEE the G drive and it's partitions (including a
> > Windows storage area where I had quickly moved a lot of docs I want
> > to access from the old drive) from within the Mandrake control
> > center, but I can't access it in any other way.
> > 
> > My question is, how do I connect the two drives? Is it something to
> > do with the mount points? Or, is there a way of putting the two
> > drives on my boot - lilo (I think that's what it's called)?
> > 
> > I would at least like to take the personal files off that drive
> > before I reformat it again, and perhaps try some other distros.
> > 
> > Any tips and suggestions gratefully received!
> > 




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