Two replies and both are right. I set it up on the secondary (ide1) so it is hdd as the secondary slave. Sorry for giving out the wrong info when asking for help. Only serves to confuse the issue. I am going to download diskdrake and try that for partitioning and formatting. Thanks, I'll let you all know how this comes out. Dennis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Goldenpi
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Second hard drive
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.
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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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