Mounting hda6 and hda7

[Livermoron]

I created some additional partitions in cfdisk during installation for /home and /var. However, I overlooked the initializzing and mounting process for these two partitions.

Now I need to get these puppies mounted before I run out of disk space.

The filesystem listed in CFDISK is Linux (whereas my hda1 shows an ext2 FS Type)

I think I need to install the filesystem before I can mount the partition (is that what the initialization is in that step of installation?)

How is this done?

Anyway, I have edited FSTAB to show these 2 partitons, but during startup, it seems to be looking for a DOS filesysem - not a linux one when I use auto in FSTAB to detect filesystem type.

I've tried it using both auto and ext2 arguments for the FS in FSTAB. When it looks for ext2 - it doesn't even complete boot process.

Thanks in advance for any input

[demian]

Originally posted by Livermoron:

I think I need to install the filesystem before I can mount the partition (is that what the initialization is in that step of installation?)


How is this done?

mke2fs /dev/hdaX creates an ext2 filesystem on the Nth partition of the first ide disk. Note that the filesystem must not be mouted for this.

[teeitup]

Read this,
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/hd_add.html

Good Luck,


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[Livermoron]

you guys rock - thanks for the help