Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2003 13:59 schrieb FACORAT Fabrice:
> Le mar 15/07/2003 � 22:25, Olof Bjarnason a �crit :
> > But: yesterday I wanted to access my old 4GB harddrive, which
> > contain an installation of Windows XP and is in ntfs file system
> > format. I put it in the computer and checked that BIOS found my
> > harddrive and all was clear; naively I though "Mandrake will
> > auto-configure my new hard drive".
> >
> > Sadly, this wasn't the case. I had to read through 'mount'
> > documentationand hey - I am back in RedHat Linux, which was the
> > previous Linux dist I used and didn't like because of the *giant* load
> > of administrative work I had to perform just to install a single
> > program, for example.
> >
> > Shouldn't an OS claiming "user-friendliness" auto configure new
> > hard drives installed in the system?
>
> what do you mean by autoconfigure ?
> make the drive available by loading the module and making the dev to
> acces it ?
> make a mount point ?

That is what I asked me too ...

> >  Or am I doing something wrong,
> > perhaps the Control Center can help me out? If this is the case,
> > please give me a pointer, and I apologize for taking up your time.
> > ce
>
> Yes. Mandrake Control Center -> Mount Points -> Diskdrake
>
> Mandrake should not autoconfigure your drive after install ( i.e add a
> mount ) because :
> 1�/ you may want to give your own mount point name
> 2�/ which name to choose ?

3) you may want to have a harddisk temporary used and you don't need to have 
the fstab and /mnt/ cluttered for that. I think it is perfectly fine how it 
is currently.

Steffen

Reply via email to