[GLLUG] Installing an additional HDD on Linux

Frank Louis Tuma tumafran at msu.edu
Thu Oct 21 11:24:54 EDT 2004


I am running a Debian Sarge linux server and have a 120 Gb HDD that I would 
like to install. I come from the windows realm where you just plug the drive 
in, windows recognizes the new HDD and create a drive for it. How would I go 
about configuring Debian to recognize the HDD and make it part of my 
filesystem? 

Contents of /etc/fstab: 

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda2       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hda1       /boot           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1 

Is it possible to make the additional HDD part of '/' or should I just 
create a new mount point? 

Thanks!
/:Frank 





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