If its primary slave, shouldn't it be hdb1, not hdd1? I know all those
names, haveing 4 hard drives in my system, includeing cd, with 7 partitions.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:05 AM
Subject: [newbie] Second hard drive
> I have installed a second hard drive on the linux box.It is shown as
> hdd. Went in and did a mke2fs and made one big partition, hdd1. Oh,
> it's a Maxtor 15gig DiamondMax on Primary slave. When I look at the
> drive now it says no readable partitions present. How do I make the
> partitions and save it so I can use it to back up my master hda. I'm not
> even sure how to send files to it. I have looked at How to's and the
> archives and don't find any help. Surely two hard drives are acceptable
> to linux. A little help here, this package is heavy and I can't seem to
> lift it. Ha! Thanks in advance, Dennis
>
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