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Re: New HD
« Reply #30 on: April 15, 2012, 07:05:03 pm »
The /media/Drive3 directory doesn't exist... fstab can't mount a drive/partition to a directory (mount point) that doesn't exist :)

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Re: New HD
« Reply #31 on: April 15, 2012, 07:07:24 pm »
The /media/Drive3 directory doesn't exist... fstab can't mount a drive to a directory (mount point) that doesn't exist :)

Run:
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sudo mkdir /media/Drive3

then reboot.

Thanks for that Mark, I knew there was <something> I was missing but just couldn’t think what it was, I knew it was something to do with making the system 'see' the HD.
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #32 on: April 15, 2012, 07:58:56 pm »
Re your question on why I did what I did...
http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=10030.0
... You told me to lol ;D
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #33 on: April 15, 2012, 08:01:07 pm »
What question ?
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #34 on: April 15, 2012, 08:39:26 pm »
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #35 on: April 15, 2012, 08:51:21 pm »
Read the topic again .. I was asking BkS why he was suggesting you reformat .. not you ::)
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #36 on: April 15, 2012, 09:34:48 pm »
Well, if you read the thread I posted, that's my answer anyways
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #37 on: April 15, 2012, 09:47:00 pm »
Does that ma .. oh sod it .. I give up  ???
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Re: [SOLVED] New HD
« Reply #38 on: April 15, 2012, 11:18:53 pm »
Well, anyway, that's what I wanted to do...
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