Guest EvilCommando Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 (edited) Can anyone tell how to switch the dir to another hdd. I thought I had to mount the drive but im not sure how if thats what i have to do. Thanks. Oh its mandrake 9.1 Sorry if its in the wrong section I did look but didnt really know where to put it. Edited December 6, 2004 by EvilCommando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 What directory do you want to move? Is it just some folder in your home directory? Just drag and drop it where you want. If it part of the linux install you can't move it without breaking your install. At the minimum you have to edit some config files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EvilCommando Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 No I mean like switch to another hdd in a terminal. I think I have to mount it? Can I switch to it using "mount /mnt/hda" or "mount /mnt/hdb" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aru Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) First you have to have (or create a mount point), then mount the partiton (or full hd) in that mount point, and finally move into it: ~$ mkdir /some/path/mountpoint ~$ mount -t auto /dev/hdb /some/path/mountpoint ~$ cd /some/path/mountpoint Though your question is not clear enough, the basic steps you need to do are those. Please read the follwoing man pages to get a broad view of how mount works and how to automate it at boot, mount(8), fstab(5) and umount(8); also if you use mandrake take a look to supermount(8). added note for newbies: the way to see the man pages is for example "man 8 mount" Edited December 7, 2004 by aru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.