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pooky2483:
I've just installed a new HD, how do I get my system to 'see' it and how do I format it?

pooky2483:
It's ok, I've found the utility so format it but cant mount it, how do I go about permanently mounting it?

Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec):
Mounting it (at bootup) is a case of editing to your /etc/fstab file .. but where do you want to mount it ? (if unsure, what are you going to use it for ? .. Linux storage ?), and what file system did you use when you formatted it ?

What is the output from:

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sudo fdisk -l
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pooky2483:

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sudo fdisk -l
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(click to show/hide)peter@Petes-ubuntu-pc:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b1c6d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   971007999   485502976   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       971010046   976771071     2880513    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       971010048   976771071     2880512   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders, total 490234752 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e3991

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1              63   490223474   245111706   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000af405

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1              63  3907024064  1953512001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0a42c484

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63   488392064   244196001    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
peter@Petes-ubuntu-pc:~$
What I want to do eventually is just have the 500Gb HD as my boot drive
and the new 2Tb HD and the other 1Tb HD

The 2 250 Gb HD's taken out (after transfering the files onto the 2Tb HD)

Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec):
You haven't explained where you want to mount the new drive .. or how you formatted it (ie. which file system you used) ?

Can you post the output from:

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mount
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and tell us the capacity of the new drive you just added ? .. is it the 2TB drive (/dev/sdd) ? .. and did you format it as EXT4 ?

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