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
