[redhat] Re: Mount question

[Frank Reichenbacher]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Robert C 
> Paulsen Jr
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 4:34 PM
> To: frank at bio-con.com; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: [redhat] Re: Mount question
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 12:22, Frank Reichenbacher wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up a second IDE drive I installed in my 
> RH 7.0 box 
> > to mirror the original drive using mirrordir as a backup 
> for when it 
> > fails. I am following the directions on p. 446 of the Red 
> Hat Linux 7 
> > Bible, by Christopher Negus.
> > 
> > I've got the drive installed and partitioned. That part is okay.
> > 
> > I ran mkdir:
> > 
> > mkdir -p /mirror/home
> > 
> 
> After installing the drive and partitioning it you need to format the
> partition as a particular type of filesystem. Ext2 is a reasonable
> choice:
> 
> mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb9

<smacks forehead>
Riggghhht!!
</smacks forehead>

Thanks to Ed Wilt as well.


Frank



> 
> WARNING!!! Be sure /dev/hdb9 is the new partition that as yet has no
> data on it.
> 
> Once it is formatted you will be able to mount it:
> 
> mkdir -p /mirror/home
> mount /dev/hdb9 /mirror/home
> 
> You won't even need to specify the filesystem type since the mount
> command will be able to figure it out by looking at the partition.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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