Re: newb - extra HD and mount etc?

From: AC (aec$news_at_candt.demon.co.uk)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:37:39 +0100

In article <pan.2004.07.10.13.16.26.391592@notvalid.add>, Gauthic
<gauthic@notvalid.add> writes
>On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:48:07 +0100, AC wrote:
>
>> I have added a second HD (small) to my dual boot PC and it is recognised
>> (yast) partitioner as /dev/hdb
>> and /dev/hdb1
>> It was ntfs, and I then formatted it as Linux Native.
>>
>> However, assuming this is ok so far, I am failing to mount it.
>>
>> I would like to mount it for user data etc and share it openly on the
>> home network. Also if possible, share its contents with the xp when in
>> use (across the network also?)
>>
>> I gather that reiser cannot write to ntfs, so the xp write to hdb1 might
>> not be possible. unless there is another possibility (?)
>>
>> first thing though is to mount it, presumably by root, so that user/s
>> have full access.
>>
>> Selecting a (yast) mount point of /home fails, so does to a new
>> directory I made such as /data.
>>
>> the books and google may hold the answers, but I also have not found the
>> answers (for me) having looked.
>>
>> Pointers much appreciated!
>> --
>> AlanC
>
>Would you like to post exact errors you are getting to enable the
>community to help you. Normally, YaST mount should be fine. I gather
>you've created a filesystem by formatting the drive in yast.

Thanks

When accepting the yast hdb1 entries, it always came back with
'none of the changes entered have been accepted'
So very tactfully it was saying i did not know what I was doing.....
(can't argue with that)

I seem to be screwing up a lot just lately (!) learning a lot though. I
dont think I would be learning as fast if I was not trying things.....

My efforts resulted in something serious enough to prevent a normal
(via CD) boot and it went into text mode. It is a new installation, with
(deliberately) no data and since I really don't know enough at this
stage to find my way out of what looks like a file system error, I
decided to re install. From dvd it is fairly quick, and even the updates
are not bad.

This time I will install suse onto the second HD, leaving the supposedly
damaged suse in the first HD (next to a win partition) so that I can
maybe trouble shoot soon - if it is simple for me - or I will install
another test PC (old PII) and add a small extra HD to do it right next
time! 

-- 
AlanC

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