If I switch OS's will I be able to...

[Chris]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>> Chris wrote:
>>>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>>>> Steve Lamb wrote:
>>>>>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>>>>>> I also recommend you rip future CD's to Ogg Vorbis, because it has
>>>>>>> better support with free software (there is support for Windoze too).
>>>>>>> MP3 isn't supported by default because it is patented.  If you want, you
>>>>>>> can convert your current MP3's to Ogg Vorbis, but that will lose quality.
>>>>>>     On the other hand finding Ogg support audio players is pretty much
>>>>>> impossible.
>>>>> Yeah, I don't currently any portable players.  If I did get one, I would
>>>>> probably use Rockbox.  However, there's a list of players that
>>>>> supposedly support Ogg Vorbis natively at
>>>>> http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt Flaschen
>>>>>
>>>> Heya folks - so far, all is good. I was able to pull in my T-Bird email
>>>> and Firefox favs into my Ubu install. The mounting of my FreeBSD (ufs)
>>>> mp3 drive was just as Matt mentioned.
>>> You mean the installer auto-detects it?  That's good.
>>>
>>>> I'm currently copying the file to a temp dir so I can format the 2nd
>>>> sata drive.
>>>>
>>>> So far - everything is falling into place as I hoped it would.
>>>>
>>>> I'll keep you posted as this conversion moves on.
>>>>
>>>> Again - thank you Matt for the info
>>> You're welcome.  Thanks for keeping us posted.
>>>
>>> Matthew Flaschen
>>>
>>>
>> Question - now that I have my MP3's moved to a Linux drive, how do I
>> format the 2nd sata drive then perm-mount it?
> 
> There should be a program on the installer CD called GTParted
> (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/).  I believe this can handle the
> reformat easiest.  The interface should be pretty obvious.
> Alternatively, also while booted to the CD, run:
> 
> parted /dev/sdb
> 
> To determine the right value for /dev/sdb , run mount again (while
> booted into Ubuntu, not the LiveCD).  Use the alphabetical part of the
> /dev/sd*.  Like if it says /dev/sdb1 is mounted on /mp3 , you would use
> /dev/sdb .
> 
> Then in parted:
> 
> print
> 
> It should show only one partition, labelled 1.  Type:
> 
> mkfs 1 ext2your drives :) and have never used GParted, only QTParted.
> Luckily,
> 
> Huge disclaimer!  Obviously untested.  I have used parted, but not with
> your drives :) and have never used GParted, only QTParted.  Luckily,
> you'r trying to erase data anyway. :)  Just make sure you have the right
> drive (this should be obvious from the file system type)!
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Matthew Flaschen
> 
> P.S. Reply to the list.
> 

What I did was use fdisk first. After that I did mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
Then added  /dev/sdb1 /mp3 ext3 defaults 0 0  to /etc/fstab.
Then did a mount -a  This seemed to have done what I wanted. All is
humming along splendidly!

This was by far the easies and fastes switch to an OS I ever did.

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Best regards,
Chris

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