Re: re: new to linux

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On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 08:45:09PM -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 20:16, Paul wrote:
> 
> > By the looks of fstab, /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hdc1 aren't explicitly used.
> > That's not to say that they're not in use. A quick and simple way to
> > test if they are mounted is to open a terminal window (redhat -> system-
> > tools -> terminal), su, umount /dev/hdb1. If it doesn't report an error,
> > the drive is not mounted. If it does report an error, then FC has
> > swallowed it and is using it invisibly.
> > 
> > If it's not mounted, create a mount point (cd /; mkdir shared - you'll
> > need to be root for that though). Edit /etc/fstab so it has the line
> > 
> > /dev/hdb1         /shared      ext3    noauto,user,exec,kudzu   0,0
> > 
> > That will then be mountable and you set your shares to there. You should
> > see my fstab for a nightmare ;-p
> 
> IMHO a better way to sort out what file systems have been mounted is to
> use the command:
> 
> df -vh

Or:

	mount

which lists everything that's currently mounted.

> 
> That should tell you which devices are mounted, where they are mounted,
> and how much space is available and used.
> 
> Compare that with the output of
> 
> fdisk -l
> 
> and you should have a complete picture of what partitions have been
> defined and which ones have been formatted and mounted.
> 
> -- 
> Scot L. Harris
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> -- Bernard Berenson 
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