So I've fdisk-ed /dev/hdb ... now how do I mount it?

Post #159,825 by drewk 6/13/04 10:11:46 PM Reply	So I've fdisk-ed /dev/hdb ... now how do I mount it? I know this should be easy, but I've never done multiple physical drives on a Linux box before. Pointer to a HOWTO would be fine. BTW I'm downloading vmware now. Going to give it the entire second drive. Will I be able to get files from the windows instance onto the linux filesystem, or will I need to create a partition on the second drive to be a shared drive to both systems? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #159,828 by deSitter 6/13/04 10:23:49 PM Reply	Decide, mount It's trivial - make partitions, make file systems, mount on dir of choice. To make partitions, I think I would use cfdisk. Some tools leave stray sectors that vex the tidy mind. If you want volume management and all that, gf will know. -drl
Post #159,852 by drewk 6/14/04 9:40:09 AM Reply	Time to expose my non-sysadmin-iness So cfdisk will do partitions, fdisk will not? I was expecting to do that while in fdisk but couldn't find the option to do it. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #159,872 by pwhysall 6/14/04 11:54:55 AM Reply	The c in cfdisk stands for "curses". Whereas fdisk is a strictly prompt-driven thinger, cfdisk is a more friendly, screen-oriented application. They both have the same functionality. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #159,880 by drewk 6/14/04 1:10:29 PM Reply	Okay, will try tonight VMWare should be downloaded by now, so I just have to remember to take home some install media for that Other OS. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #159,840 by JayMehaffey 6/14/04 1:44:39 AM Reply	Re: So I've fdisk-ed /dev/hdb ... now how do I mount it? man 8 mount and man 5 fstab should tell you what you need to know. If you have your fstab file setup correctly, then mount directory to mount on will do it. The hardest part will probably be figuring out where on your tree you want to put the second drive. In your case I would check the VMWare information to see if they have some recommendation. Jay

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