On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 21:46 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: > Disk /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 14 24792 199037317+ 8e Linux LVM I presume this to be your main drive. > Disk /dev/dm-0: 201.6 GB, 201695690752 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24521 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes /dev/dm... being a "device mapper" device, what I understand to be part of how LVM is handled. > Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 9729 78148161 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) And that's your new drive (unless you happen to have another 80 gig drive on your system). But it's the same /dev/sdb that you showed us mentioned in your /var/log/messages file. It has a Windows file system set as the partition type, though that doesn't also mean that it's been formatted. That's a separate issue. You could have an unformatted drive, you *can* have a partition type that's different from the file system its formatted with. But what I think is more likely is that it is formatted, but doesn't have a volume name. Without one, automatic mounting is less likely to occur. With a bit of fiddling about, mtools can be used to name the drive. Or, a simple approach is to plug it into a Windows box, and rename the drive. If you're certain that this is your new drive, and it is empty, you could use the mkfs command to format the drive and give it a device name, at the same time. An advantage with formatting a new drive is that you can use the check feature, to check the drive for errors. It's better to find out if it has any now, than six months later when something important disappears. Do you want it formatted with a Windows filing system? It's not the best choice if you only use Linux systems. You can reformat it with a Linux file system (e.g. ext3). See the man file for the mkfs command, it'll also refer to some other related commands for making different types of file systems. On my system, there's at least these ones: mkfs mkfs.ext2 mkfs.msdos mkfs.vfat mkfs.cramfs mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ntfs When you plug in a file with a volume label, you can expect to find it mounted inside /mnt, using the volume label as the directory name. e.g. /mnt/laciedrive if "laciedrive" was the label for that drive. -- (This box runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
