Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (818 mails)

[george olson <grglsn765@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I want to add a new hard drive in order to set up RAID to back up my 
system. The problem is my CD/DVD writer is a SATA connection, and there 
are only 2 SATA ports on my motherboard. So I have purchased a CD/DVD 
writer that connects by IDE and I plan to replace the SATA  DVD writer 
with my new IDE DVD writer. Then I will put my 2nd hard drive in the 2nd 
SATA port.

This first question only has to do with getting the hardware to work, 
and not with setting up RAID. I will deal with that after I get the 
hardware to work.

If I just shut my computer off and replace the hardware, can I simply 
boot back up and expect that everything will automatically mount and 
configure itself correctly?

How does Linux look at what drive is what?

What files do I need to look at/modify in order to make sure my new 
hardware is running properly?

Thanks
George
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