From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 10:32:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E62916A4CE for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 10:32:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-f62.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94C943D39 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 10:32:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 16 May 2004 10:32:35 -0700 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 16 May 2004 17:32:35 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] X-Originating-Email: [crollins666@hotmail.com] X-Sender: crollins666@hotmail.com From: "clayton rollins" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 17:32:35 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 May 2004 17:32:35.0497 (UTC) FILETIME=[C6BC1190:01C43B6B] cc: philthom@freeshell.org Subject: Re: How to mount second drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 17:32:36 -0000 On May 16, 2004, "Phil Thomson" wrote: > >Hi all, > >Well, I got FreeBSD installed on my PC, but I can't figure out how to >mount my second hard drive and have it automount each time I boot. I have >a 3 GB drive on which I have the system installed, but I have a second 5 >GB drive I want to use as well. Do I just add a line to /etc/fstab? If so, >what should it say? I would like the 2nd drive to mount somewhere in /mnt, >which I guess is the usual location. TIA for any info. > >Phil > Hi Phil, Before I say anything else, I should say that this list is not for technical questions/advice. All questions should be sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. (More to the point, I'm not allowed to answer your question here, so no answers will be found in this message.) I am allowed to help you find proper documentation. The handbook has a section describing mount and fstab: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mount-unmount.html Additionally, I found the man pages well-written. You might also research doing this through sysinstall, if you're adding a brand new disk. (Write -questions for advice as to whether this is appropriate; I'll just mention it as I found it easy when first starting out.) If you continue to have problems, feel free to write freebsd-questions@. However, you should probably include more info. about exactly what you're doing. Some questions I would ask: is the disk formatted? if so, what format? do you understand the partition (slice) information for the disk, or is that possibly what you're having problems with? what commands have you tried/what messages did you get? Best regards, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ Best Restaurant Giveaway Ever! Vote for your favorites for a chance to win $1 million! http://local.msn.com/special/giveaway.asp