### FACORAT Fabrice: "Re: [Cooker] Auto configure new hard drives?"...
#Le mar 15/07/2003 � 22:25, Olof Bjarnason a �crit :
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#> 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 ?
Maybe 'autoconfigure' is an inaccurate word for what I mean. What I
mean is the following:
1. I put in a hard drive into my computer. This is in a format
readable[/writable] by Mandrake, ie. previously formatted
[and used]
2. When I boot Mandrake linux, a notification popup appears,
telling me
"A new hard drive has been installed. Do you want to
mount it so Mandrake can use it?"
and if so for example
"Proposed mount point: /mnt/win_d"
and the user may choose directory name
3. Mandrake updates /etc/fstab and such (I am new to linux
and don't now the details) to make it happen
All this is what I refer to when I say "autoconfigure"
#> please give me a pointer, and I apologize for taking up your time.
#Yes. Mandrake Control Center -> Mount Points -> Diskdrake
Okey. I tried the Diskdrake program. What I could do there seemed
limited to partitioning tasks, not the mounting which I am talking
about. Am I still off the road?
#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 ?
See above
