So I'm back in the Linux world for a while - and thought I'd better check my understanding before I format something important :>
I'm adding a new drive to a machine that has the following 1 SATA drive that was present during installation of the OS (CentOS 4) 1 CD-ROM drive 1 IDE HDD added post-OS-install, containing a single partition 1 new SATA drive (right out of the box)** I recognize these devices and think I know what they are: /dev/hda - CD ROM /dev/hdc - IDE HDD /dev/hdc1 - partition on IDE HDD /dev/sda - 1st SATA HDD /dev/sda1,2 - 2 primary partitions on 1st (original) SATA HDD here's the one I want to be sure I've got right: /dev/sdb -- the NEW, unformatted SATA HDD (there is no /dev/sdb1) The reason I'm a little unsure is that I don't see any references to /dev/sda in the fstab:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc1 /data ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,fscontext=sys tem_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
Am I correct in my understanding that the SATA drives are mapped differently from the IDE drives - and that /dev/sdb is my shiny new HDD? Is formatting a SATA drive any different than an IDE drive? TIA, C -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Chris Merrill | Web Performance, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://webperformance.com 919-433-1762 | 919-845-7601 Website Load Testing and Stress Testing Software & Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
