RE: [SLE] mounting and formating a second Hdd (hdb)

5 Sep 2001

      Wow thats great.

Question formatting..

mke2fs -cv /dev/hdb1
formats to e2fs.

How do you format to vfat ?

Regards

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Jostein Berntsen [SMTP:jostber@online.no]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:10 PM
To: Matt; suse-linux-e
Subject: RE: [SLE] mounting and formating a second Hdd (hdb)

Hi,

Here is a short and concise explantion:

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/cooper.html

Jostein
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===== Original Message From Matt  =====
Hi,
I have a removable hdd it is seen by boot
but I am unable to mount it.
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /hdd2
wrong or bad block device I think was the returning error
Question
How do I mount it and always mount it when I boot up
I think I have to alter the /etc/fstab file.
Also I would like to reformat one partition on the
drive as linux (it has 3 partitions all vfat at present).
Also is there a control center command or tool for this ?
Step by step instructions please.
Regards
Matt