Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 19/1/21 7:18 am, David Christensen wrote: I set PS1 in my Bash profile to print a blank line, print useful contextual information, and then print the prompt.  This makes it easier to read, understand, and/or reproduce the session: 2021-01-18 12:01:50 root@tinkywinky ~ # cat

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-18 09:33, Jerry Mellon wrote: The fstab with the new drive now reads, # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread Jerry Mellon
ian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Add a hard drive to existing system?? Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 01:23:30 -0800 On 2021-01-18 01:00, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 18/1/21 9:44 am, Jerry Mellon wrote: > > Currently the fstab file > > reads as follows. > > > > >

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread Jerry Mellon
. Augustine, FL 32095 (407)461.9216 -Original Message- From: Dan Ritter To: Stefan Monnier Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Add a hard drive to existing system?? Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:33:58 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > No, this drive will be recognized, after yo

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-18 01:00, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 18/1/21 9:44 am, Jerry Mellon wrote: Currently the fstab file reads as follows. Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk model: ST9500325AS Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-17 10:52, Jerry Mellon wrote: Hello, New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. My question is what is the best(use dummy for linus statements

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-18 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 18/1/21 9:44 am, Jerry Mellon wrote: Currently the fstab file reads as follows. Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk model: ST9500325AS Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal):

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 17 ian 21, 17:44:28, Jerry Mellon wrote: > Hi, > The Asus that I have is G75V series. It has 2 hdd bays onboard. The > 500mv is the drive that is current installed and Debian 10.7 is > installed. I have purchased another 2T Segate drive that will go into > the empty bay. > > I don't want

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 18/1/21 10:09 am, Stefan Monnier wrote: No, this drive will be recognized, after you plug it in, as /dev/sdb, and will have whatever partitions you create on it. Hmm... actually, there's a risk that the new drive gets assigned the name `sda` and the "old" one gets renamed to `sdb`.

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > No, this drive will be recognized, after you plug it in, as > > /dev/sdb, and will have whatever partitions you create on it. > > Hmm... actually, there's a risk that the new drive gets assigned the > name `sda` and the "old" one gets renamed to `sdb`. > Yes, or

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> No, this drive will be recognized, after you plug it in, as > /dev/sdb, and will have whatever partitions you create on it. Hmm... actually, there's a risk that the new drive gets assigned the name `sda` and the "old" one gets renamed to `sdb`. Stefan

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Jerry Mellon wrote: > Hi, > The Asus that I have is G75V series. It has 2 hdd bays onboard. The > 500mv is the drive that is current installed and Debian 10.7 is > installed. I have purchased another 2T Segate drive that will go into > the empty bay. > > I don't want to do anything fancy, just

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Jerry Mellon
2506547212G 82 Linux swap / Solaris Do I set the new drive as /dev/sda6 , 7 , 8 and would it be a single partition? As always any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Jerry -Original Message- From: Jerry Mellon To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Add a hard drive

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Marc Auslander
Jerry Mellon writes: >Hello, >New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I >have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory >and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. > >My question is what is the best(use dummy for linus statements please) >way to

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 17.01.2021 23:52, Jerry Mellon wrote: Hello, New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. My question is what is the best(use dummy for linus statements

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:52:06 -0500 Jerry Mellon wrote: > I > have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory > and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. > > My question is what is the best(use dummy for linus statements please) > way to add a second hard drive with 2T of

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Joe
On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:59:18 + Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 01:52:06PM -0500, Jerry Mellon wrote: > > Hello, > > New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I > > have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of > > memory and

Re: Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 01:52:06PM -0500, Jerry Mellon wrote: > Hello, > New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I > have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory > and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. > > My question is what is the best(use

Add a hard drive to existing system??

2021-01-17 Thread Jerry Mellon
Hello, New to Debian, but have gotten Debian 10.7 loaded on to my system. I have an ASUS gaming laptop(dont use it for gaming) with 12gb of memory and intel corei7 and a 500gb hard drive. My question is what is the best(use dummy for linus statements please) way to add a second hard drive with 2T