On Tuesday 29 June 2004 11:42, Malcom Schnabel wrote: > I have downloaded and installed Mandrake Linux 10.0 on > my extra computer. Everything appears to be working > perfectly with the exception of my MO Drive. HardDrake > had no problem recognizing the drive (Olympus MOS540) > or the SCSI host adapter (Adaptec AHA-7850). > Unfortunately, when I try to access my disks there are > no files visible. From all appearances the disks are > blank even though I have verified on other computers > that they are not (Both MS Windows and SCO-Unix > formats). > Also, Mandrake automatically set up icons on the > desktop for direct access to my floppy drive and my > CD-ROM but nothing appeared for the optical drive. I > don't know what I'm doing as far as manually setting > up and mounting drives. > I am a newbie in every sense of the word when it comes > to Linux. I do have 25 years of experience with > DOS/Windows though. Perhaps that is part of the > problem. > Any help you can provide will be most appreciated. > It sounds like the drives arnt mounted. To mount a drive you must have a directory for it in the case of CD or floppy that is usually under /mnt (/mnt/cdrom or /mnt/floppy) for HD it can be anywhere under '/'(/ is the parent directory). You can 'mkdir /mnt/misc' and issue 'mount /mnt/misc' but first you must define the drive in '/etc/fstab' Read the Fine Manual (RTFM) by issueing 'man mount' check at the bottom for other refereces. I know you likely dont need such a basic explanation but one never knows. Have Fun.
-- Regards; Hoyt
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