Thanks Tony, I still have the problem. This is what I did. I changed "/usr" to "Backup Mandrake" and the second partition to "Backup Win2000". There seems to be a problem because instead of partitions I found these two new items in my hda listed in /files along with the /usr that I had changed. On my desktop there is a icon identified as "Hard Disc (hdc1) (not mounted" When I activate this icon I get the following message:
"Error-kio-devices-mounthelper Mount: wrong fs type bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1. or too many mounts on file system" Owen *********************************************************************************************************** On Monday 12 January 2004 01:08 am, you wrote: > Owen, > > You have a /usr on your system at the moment. It thinks you are changing > the config of your system and is just trying to help. Call the partition > /backup or something else and you will be fine. > > Tony. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Berio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Formating External Hard Drive > > > (I'm Using Mandrake 9.1 > > I have removed the hard drive from it's USB enclosure and temp. > enstalled it > in my dedicated Mandrake box as a second HD > I want to partition it into two portions. > One portion for backing up WIN 2000 on a MS dedicated box. > The second portion for backing up my Mandrake material. > The Mandrake Control Center identifies the HD as hdc. My primary HD is > identified as hda. > When I go to Mount Points and Disk Drake I set the partition to 5225 MB > which > is less than half of the hard drive capacity. > I set the file system to FAT 32. > The mount point is set to /usr > And click O.K. > A new Disk Drake menue says that Directory /usr already contains data > (share, > bin, sbin, .....) > It then gives me the option of moving files to the new position or > hiding > files. > > How can this be? As far as I know the drive has never been formatted. I > sure > don't want to screw up my Mandrake system so this is where I get > stonewalled. > > Help! All I want to do is prepare half the Disk for Mandrake back up and > the > other half for MS back up. > > Owen > > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- > > This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have > received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or > disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes > or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. > > The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not > necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless > specifically stated. > > Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their > attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) > to verify the integrity of such emails. > > > Business Computer Projects Ltd > BCP House > 151 Charles Street > Stockport > Cheshire > SK1 3JY > > Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 > Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 > Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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