Hi Karl: First, NEVER-NEVER-NEVER use root account when on the internet if at all possible. On Saturday 02 October 2004 16:55, root wrote: > hi paul thankyou for the prompt response and yes i got my linux mail > client setup now sorry about the blue background before but you guessed > it i am a sad windows user as well. anyway onto the problem i have > again. > > >When you did the install, were the drives connected and if they were, > >did you let the installer do the partitioning? If you did, it's quite > >likely that the other two drives will be getting used somewhere. Have a > >look in /etc/fstab for entries marked /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hdc1. These are > >the names given to the drives. The DVD will be something like /dev/hde > >(you will see it in /etc/fstab). > > yes when i installed fedora the drives were all attached and i did let the > installer do all the work i have had a look in /etc/fstab and this is what > i see > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 > > hope that helps on that piece and also this is what i see in hardware > browser > > Device Start End Size (MB) Type > /dev/hda > hda1 1 203 100 ext3 > hda2 204 36712 17969 ext3 > hda3 36713 38792 1024 linux-swap > > /dev/hdb > 1 19386 9542 free space > /dev/hdc > 1 19386 9542 free space > again hope this helps and thankyou for the response so far > > karl filby It looks like no partitions have been created on the 2nd and 3rd hard drives (hdb & hdc). That can be done with parted (partition editor). That should be done with root privilige. Look at "man parted". Parted would be run either in a root CLI (command line interface - equivalent of the Winblows "command prompt) or in a root terminal under X-windows. HTH, Tom -- Tom Taylor registered linux user #263467 "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we," "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." - George W. Bush, Aug 2004
