This can vary a bit by Linux distribution and version, as new tools have
been appearing. But the basic ways are:
partition it with fdisk or cfdisk
E.g., "fdisk /dev/hdc"
format it (as type ext2) with mke2fs or mkfs.ext2
E.g., "mke2fs /dev/hdc1"
(other filesystem types have formatters with similar names)
mount it with mount
E.g. "mount /dev/hdc1 /newdrive"
(after you create the mount point, e.g., "mkdir /newdrive")
To mount it automatically at each boot, add an entry to /etc/fstab
The man pages for the various commands will give you more detail than I can
here, but this should get you going in the right direction.
At 04:31 PM 10/6/99 -0400, 1stFlight ! wrote:
> Can anyone help me install a new ide hard drive into my system. I know
>I need to partition, format and mount it. but I don't know the commands
>for the first two. Thanks!
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