Difference between revisions of "Adding a Second Hard Drive"

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1) Turn machine on, connect to Network
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:1) Turn machine on, connect to Network
2) Get gparted via add/remove or with apt-get
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:2) Get gparted via add/remove or with apt-get
3) Open terminal, start gparted (type gparted)
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:3) Open terminal, start gparted (type gparted)
4) In upper right corner of Gparted window use pull down to select second drive
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:4) In upper right corner of Gparted window use pull down to select second drive
5) In main window of Gparted select line that looks like this"
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:5) In main window of Gparted select line that looks like this"
 
* unallocated  .....  unallocated  XX.XX GB
 
* unallocated  .....  unallocated  XX.XX GB
 
* right click on it and select, "New"
 
* right click on it and select, "New"
 
* Create
 
* Create
6) select ext3 as format type
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:6) select ext3 as format type
7) Hard drive will not be seen under "Places" until restart
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:7) Hard drive will not be seen under "Places" until restart
  
 
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Revision as of 14:57, 13 February 2010

1) Turn machine on, connect to Network
2) Get gparted via add/remove or with apt-get
3) Open terminal, start gparted (type gparted)
4) In upper right corner of Gparted window use pull down to select second drive
5) In main window of Gparted select line that looks like this"
  • unallocated ..... unallocated XX.XX GB
  • right click on it and select, "New"
  • Create
6) select ext3 as format type
7) Hard drive will not be seen under "Places" until restart