Linux uses the following drive identifiers: /dev/hda is the Master drive connected to primary IDE channel /dev/hdb is the Slave drive connected to primary IDE channel /dev/hdc is the Master drive connected to secondary IDE channel /dev/hdd is the Slave drive connected to secondary IDE channel
Once you have physically installed the drive in the new PC, boot into MDK, open a shell and, as root, type:
# mkdir /mnt/newdisk
to create a mount point in the new PC, then
# mount /dev/hdx /mnt/newdisk
to make the new disk visible under the new mount point. Obviously, you need to replace hdx with one of hda-hdd as outlined above.
Now the contents of the new disk is visible to root. Depending on the MDK configuration, you might also need to type
# chown youruser:yourgroup /mnt/newdisk
to make the disk accessible to your regular user instead of root.
It's a quick-and-dirty way, but it works fine for one time copies. No need to mess with /etc/fstab for this.
If things don't work, check as root the /var/log/syslog file for kernel errors. The drive, if correctly configured, must be recognized by the kernel even if not configured in /etc/fstab.
raffaele
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Haiz newbie,
how can I take ones HDD and add it to other machine and make it accessible without any lost of data.
proble is that I have to copy large amount of data (more than 60 GB) :( I love movies ;) form one PC to another. over LAN it can get to tiresome...
-------------------------------- force, my friend, is violence! hugenots [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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