<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kipton Moravec</b> <<a href="mailto:kip@kdream.com">kip@kdream.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Like this?<br><br># /etc/fstab: static file system information.<br>#<br># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br>proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
<br>/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 0 1<br>/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2<br>/dev/hda4 /home reiserfs defaults 0 2<br>/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
<br>/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0<br>/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0<br>/dev/hdc1 /home/backup ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2<br><br>
<a href="http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/fstab.5.html">http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/fstab.5.html</a><br>It says the root should have a pass of 1 and the rest a pass of 2.</blockquote><div><br><br>And you created /home/backup???
<br><br>Looks GREAT!!!<br><br>Good luck<br><br>User Iam<br><br><br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 17:39 -0800, User Iam wrote:
<br>><br>><br>> On 1/17/07, Kipton Moravec <<a href="mailto:kip@kdream.com">kip@kdream.com</a>> wrote:<br>> You know what, there is not a "how to" or tutorial on how to<br>> add a hard
<br>> disk to an existing Ubuntu system.<br>><br>> Here is what has happened so far:<br>><br>> Looked at the Ubuntu Wiki did not find anything.<br>> Looked at the Desktopguide.pdf
<br>> There it says to use Gtparted. Of course Gtparted is not on my<br>> computer.<br>> The Desktopguide says to get it using Add/Remove under<br>> Applications.<br>> Can't find it. So went to Synaptic package manager, found it
<br>> and<br>> installed it, and the menu item came up automagicly under<br>> System -><br>> Administration. (I like it did that!)<br>><br>> I set the Disklabel as an MS-DOS name. That I do not
<br>> understand, but I<br>> guess it is safe. Then I made a partition. Of course it first<br>> asks what<br>> filesystem I want. My other disk uses reiserfs, but to be safe<br>
> I called<br>> a friend and he recommended ext3. I am easy, so I made it<br>> ext3. I did<br>> not see any comparison of file systems, it might be nice with<br>> a<br>
> recommendation on what to use for what situation.<br>><br>> So I have a 372.61 GB ext3 partition on /dev/hdc. Now what do<br>> I do?<br>><br>> I can't see what to do next. I want to mount it
<br>> as /home/backup<br>><br>> Do I have to format it first? How?<br>><br>> mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdcn Where n is the partition # such as /dev/hdc1<br>><br>><br>><br>> What is the exact mount command to mount it?
<br>><br>> Add to /etc/fstab<br>><br>> <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br>> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
<br>> /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0<br>> 1<br>> /dev/hdc1 /home/backup ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1<br>><br>> go to /home<br>><br>> #mkdir backup<br>
><br>><br>><br>> That should do it.......<br>><br>> If not someone will chine in<br>><br>> User Iam<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Where or in what file do I put the mount command so it will
<br>> automatically mount when the computer is booted?<br>><br>> I am close, but do not see what to do to finish the install.<br>> --<br>> Kipton Moravec <<a href="mailto:kip@kdream.com">
kip@kdream.com</a>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> ubuntu-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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