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Re: Linux v/s Mac OS X?



On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mario da Costa spewed into the ether:
> Most of it was crap, though the part of it does leave me wondering,
> just how difficult is it to install a new hdd in linux ? can't be too
> difficult maybe i'll give it a shot.
Not difficult at all. Often enough it is just making sure that the HD 
is correctly plugged in that is tougher.

Install new HD physically. 
Let Bios detect it.
su -
fdisk /dev/hdx
mkfs /dev/hdx[y]
mkdir /mountpoint[y]
vi /etc/fstab
Add required lines
mount -aF
^D

Devdas Bhagat
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