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new harddrive - Arax - 2004-03-22
i'm gonna install a new harddrive into my linux box (see? i've gotten the linux lingo), but i cant find it in linux.. :( i installed it as secondary slave (thats /dev/hdd right?) but when i fdisk it i get
Unable to open /dev/hdd
:( is it maybe because its a fat32 fs on it?
new harddrive - anyweb - 2004-03-22
have you tried
fdisk -l (thats a small L as in larry)
the second hd will probably show up as hdbx
where x=a number of the partition on it
the first hd will be hdax
that should display all your partitions/drives
then you can format the drive using mkfs
cheers
anyweb
new harddrive - Arax - 2004-03-22
fdisk -l returned this:
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 3617 28949130 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 3618 3649 257040 82 Linux swap
nothing more :(
i even probed for it in kudzu and i found it too :/
new harddrive - Arax - 2004-03-22
when i probed it i got no physical or logical size, like i got on the other hd..
new harddrive - anyweb - 2004-03-22
have you checked that the drive is jumpered correctly and that it is seen in your computers bios ?
cheers
anyweb
new harddrive - Arax - 2004-03-23
yup, when i halt my computer it even says that its closing (or whatever) hdd :(
it might be unpartitioned by the way...
new harddrive - Arax - 2004-03-23
i changed it from secondary slave to primary slave and now i found it ;)
i even managed to format it :)
i'm moving up from linux noob to linux pre beginner
new harddrive - anyweb - 2004-03-23
nice one, keep up the good work :)