Slave Drive (resend)

[Wayne Smith]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Wayne Smith wrote:
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>> Nils Kassube wrote:
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>>> Wayne Smith wrote:
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>>>> If I format the master 
>>>> drive, will that wipe out my files on slave also??? If so, how do I
>>>> separate it from the filesystem????
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>>> Not sure what you mean with "format the master drive". Usually you don't 
>>> format a drive but a partition. You should never format a partition which 
>>> is mounted. In a terminal use the umount command for the partition you 
>>> want to format. And watch for error messages - only format it if there 
>>> are no umount errors. Then no files on any other partition are lost.
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>>> Nils
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>> What I mean is, if I were to reinstall Ubuntu on that drive.
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>     Which is 'that' drive? Right now it appears you have Umbuntu in one 
> partition on a hard drive I will call drive A. You have the "Slave 
> Drive" which has at least one partition and we can call that hard drive B.
>
>     Which drive are you planning to install Ubuntu on, drive A or B?
>
> Karl
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The master drive (drive A) is where I have Ubuntu installed. I am trying 
to use the slave drive (drive B) separately from the master drive as 
storage for my files. The reason why is so that my files will be safe 
should I ever have to reformat the master drive and reinstall Ubuntu. 
The slave drive seems to have mounted separately, but the mount point is 
in /media/slave under the filesystem.

My question to you is: Even though it is listed in the filesystem, will 
the slave drive be affected if I have to reinstall Ubuntu on the Master 
Drive??? And, if it will, how do I separate the two drives from each 
other???