Slave Drive (resend)

[Wulfy]

Wayne Smith wrote:
> 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???
>
>   
In any Linux system, there is only one file system.  Everything that can 
be accessed must be in that file system, hence it's mounted somewhere.

When you format a *partition* (not a file system), it's not part of the 
file system any more, until you put that partition back into the filing 
system by mounting it.  In fact, formatting *creates* the file system to 
use.

Bottom line, if you don't format the partition with your /home directory 
on it, it's safe.

HTH

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