cannot add a hard drive

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Trevor Nye wrote:
> I realise this is a dumb question but please forgive me. I have tried
> searching for an answer.
> I have added a drive to my machine, but cannot get it to mount. I have
> gparted it, no problem. but I cannot get it to mount. It says no entry
> in fstab, which is true.
> 
> sorry to be so stupid

    Not at all; there's a lot to remember, and adding drives isn't an
every day thing.

    fdisk/gparted, then mkfs, then mount.  It doesn't *have* to be in
/etc/fstab, but it makes it easier.

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