2nd hard drive

[hinkbot]

i have a second hard drive hooked up to the linux box with mp3's on it. it is leftover from when win98 was on it. it is FAT32. can linux recognize and use this drive. the only thing that is on this drive is mp3's. thanks all

ultimate n00b

[Seph64]

Yes, Linux can, at least most current kernels can.

in root:

create directory in the mnt folder, name it anything you like.

Look in the dev folder for a hd file since you have one HD hooked up with linux I suspect the second HD is going to be hdb1.

From a command prompt:

mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows

That's how I did it. Note, you'd have to do that everytime you boot, there is a way to get Linux to mount that HD everytime it boots, but I would have to be in Linux to find out how.

If I made any errors, may the Linux gurus rain fire upon my body. Also, may the Linux Gurus rain fire upon my body if this wasn't the answer you are looking for.

[fancypiper]

Yes. See the drives sections of the links in my sig.