Having trouble setting up a second HDD

[AudioVayne]

OS: Xubuntu 9.04

HDD1 WD20Gig - system
HDD2 Seagate20Gig - ext3 filesystem

The Gparted partition tool sees both drives (how I formatted the Seagate) but I just don't know how to setup to use the thing! (Like a windows layout how you can casually go into the drive to store / use files).

Any advice guys?

 

[Marty9231]

Hi,

Have you assigned the 1st (system) hdd to be a Master-drive, and the second to be cable-select or slave?

If you haven't, take a look at this picture:


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On top of the drive is a sticker, like the one on the picture, and on the sticker is explained how to insert the 2-pin block to assign a drive to be a Master, slave or cable-select drive.

Make sure the drive with your OS installed on it is assigned Master, and the second drive is assigned either slave or cable-select.

Try that

 

[AudioVayne]

Yup, they were set correctly...Xubuntu's Gparted could read and format the drive, I just couldn't manage to add it as a storage drive (Example 'Drive D' in windows)

 

[Marty9231]

Ok, well, I don't know anything about Xubuntu or Gparted. But in windows, you can add drives (partition them) with the windows installation disc. I always do that.

 

[AudioVayne]

Yeah in Windows I just use the 'Disk Management' feature...Here's hoping Debian will do it...