[Solved] Partitions

[Capu]

So, I have done few partitions while installing VL.
They are linux partitions, my VL is on /dev/hdc2
other partitions are /dev/hdc3 and /dev/hdc4. (and /dev/hdc1 is for windows)
So, I would really like to know how to acces those other partitions?
For I dont have too much space on hdc2 (made it just for the VL installation)
So Id like to place stuff to for examble, hdc3.
Rather in GUI mode...

[Colonel Panic]

Are you new to Linux? If so, you may not know that partitions have to be mounted before Linux can recognise them.

Like this, for a Linux partition;

mount /dev/hda2  /mnt

For Windows you need the -t switch and to tell Linux what file system it's mounting, so it's just, for example,

mount -t ntfs /dev/hdc1   /windows

having first made a directory for windows with the mkdir command, like this;

mkdir /windows
.

You can also mount partitions at startup from the fstab file in your /etc directory, and that's what most of us do. Though it's a little harder to set up, it can be done by deleting the "#" at the beginning of each line of the fstab which corresponds to a partition (or partition type) that you want to mount at startup. Having mounted the partitions you want, you can move files between them with a file manager such as Midnight Commander (my favourite).

Hope that helps.

Welcome to Vector btw. It's a very good distro and the forum is full of good, knowledgeable and friendly people who are willing to help if you get into trouble.

[uelsk8s]

easiest way would be to open VASM then goto SUPER then FILESYSTEM then MOUNT then ADD and choose your partition.

you have to either reboot or open a terminal su to root and type "mount -a" to mount the partitions

HTH,
Uelsk8s

[Colonel Panic]

Oops, forgot about that one! Yep, that's the easiest way to do it.

[Capu]

Thank you guys.
I'we been wondering this for some time now (couldnt acces the forums, lightning strukt nearby my house -> modem blew up with some other stuff... computer worked just fine, couldnt just acces www.)

EDIT: something went wrong....

easiest way would be to open VASM then goto SUPER then FILESYSTEM then MOUNT then ADD and choose your partition.

you have to either reboot or open a terminal su to root and type "mount -a" to mount the partitions

I went to VASM, SUPER, FILESYSTEM, MOUNT, ADD and chose those partitions (not windows, just those two linux) Now, it says "Cannot mount /dev/hdc2, try to format it?" well, I chose yes, as I thod it might help. Well, it didnt.
Seems like nothing happened. Those partitions are still there (after reboot)(FILESYSTEM, MOUNT, ADD) to be chosen (So I guess it didnt work.)
I think I installed as Ext3 in the first place... (or reisefers... Im not really sure, I installed linux couple of times before I got it just the way I want it.)

PS. Oh, yeah, I am new to VL and linux anyways. I have noticed that forums really are filled with helpfull ppl with alot of knowledge.

[lagagnon]

Capu: please post the output of the following commands to this thread so we can help you:

fdisk -l
df
cat /etc/fstab


thanks!

[Capu]

fdisk -l gives:
Disk /dev/hdc: 46.1 GB, 46115758080 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 89355 cylinders
Units= cylinders of 1008*512=516096 bytes

Device     Boot    Start       End         Blocks   Id    System
/dev/hdc1 *            1     10159    5120104+    7    HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc2         45037    89355    22336776   83    Linux
/dev/hdc3         10160    29535      9765504   83    Linux
/dev/hdc4         29536    45036      7812504   83    Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

//end of what fdisk gives. ^^

df gives:

Filesystem     1k-blocks         Used   Available   Use%   Mounted on
/dev/hdc3       9612132    3772768    5351092    42%    /
tmpfs               239432             0      239432      0%    /dev/shm

//end of what df gives.

EDIT, Oh yeah, what cab /etc/fstab gives:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# The following is an example. Please see fstab(5) for further details.
# Please refer to mount(1) for a complete description of mount options.
#
# Format:
# <file system>   <mount point>   <type>   <options>   <dump>   <pass>
#
# dump(8) uses the <dump> field to determine which file systems need
# to be dumped. fsck(8) uses the <pass> column to determine which file
# systems need to be checked--the root file system should have a 1 in
# this field, other file systems a 2, and any file systems that should
# not be checked (such as MS-initrd/mnt or NFS file systems) a 0.

# The Linux partitions
/dev/hdc3 / ext3  defaults  0  1

# Shared Windows/Linux partition
#/dev/hda1   /mnt/dos  msdos  umask=0   0  0
#/dev/hda1   /mnt/win  vfat   fmask=111,dmask=0,quiet,shortname=mixed,user  0  0
#/dev/hda1   /mnt/win  ntfs   umask=0   0  0

# Floppy disks
# The 'noauto' option indicates that the file system should not be mounted
# with 'mount -a' 'user' indicates that normal users are allowed to mount
# the file system.
/dev/fd0   /mnt/floppy  auto    defaults,noauto,user    0 0
#/dev/fd1  /mnt/floppy  auto    defaults,noauto,user    0 0

# If you have a ls-120 floppy drive, it could be on /dev/hda b c d etc.

# CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD

# NFS file systems:
#linux01.gwdg.de:/suse/6.3/i386.de  /mnt/nfs  nfs  defaults  0 0

# proc file system:
proc    /proc   proc    defaults        0 0

# Unix98 devpts filesystem:
none  /dev/pts  devpts  gid=5,mode=666  0 0

# Shared memory filesystem:
tmpfs   /dev/shm    tmpfs defaults 0  0

# Basic USB filesystem
sysfs  /sys  sysfs  defaults  0 0

# example of a VFAT USB pendrive
#/dev/sda1  /mnt/pendrive vfat   fmask=111,dmask=0,noauto,user,quiet,shortname=mixed 0 0


# Swap partitions
# The 'sw' option means auto activating with 'swapon -a'.

//End of what cat /etc/fstab gives.
EDIT2: Frikking smilies. -.-'

[lagagnon]

capu: ok, you appear to be using hdc3, so you need automatic access to your other Linux partitions (hdc2 and 4), if I understand you. First of all as root in a terminal:

mkdir /mnt/hdc2
mkdir /mnt/hdc4

Then edit your /etc/fstab file (as root in a terminal) and add these lines:

/dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2 reiserfs  noatime  0  2
/dev/hdc4 /mnt/hdc4 reiserfs noatime  0 2

You many need to change "reiserfs" to "ext3" depending on what filesystem you created on hdc2 and hdc4.

[MikeCindi]

Adding the "notail" option on a reiserfs partition will typically increase performance as well (e.g. /dev/hdc2 /mnt/hdc2 reiserfs noatime,notail 0 2).

[Capu]

uhh... how to edit /ect/fstab in terminal anyways? (If I just type /ect/fstab, it says "-bash: /ect/fstab: No such file or directory")

[uelsk8s]

open it with an editor
"mcedit /etc/fstab"  or "vi /etc/fstab" will do it
You do need to be root to make changes to that file though

[Capu]

Okey... dev/hdc3 is ext3, so I guessed the other two were as well...
Since, when installing, it asked me to select partition type just once...
Now, am I supposed to do it agen for other two from someplace else? Or is there some other problem, mount -a now gives:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc2, missing codepage or other error.
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so.

now, in dmesg: "VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hdc2" (and 4 too)

So... where can I set the filesystem for hdc2 and 4?
And interesting thing, cant acces /ect/fstab anymore.... or more like, I cant edit it, with Konqueror I can view it.

[Joe1962]

OK, let's step back here a bit:

So, I have done few partitions while installing VL.

Does this mean you created them with cfdisk during install? If so, maybe they are just partitions and haven't been formatted with a filesystem at all. It's a 2 step process, first you create a partition, then format it with a filesystem. It's not an automatic process unless you pick one of the partitions to hold a defined mountpoint during install.

[Capu]

Yeah, as I sed in my last post, I havent done that. (I mean, I just created em with cfdisk, didnt format them yet.)
(I guess Im really bad at searching stuff in forums, since I cant really find how to format those other partitions...)
So, if you would kindly tell me how, I would greatly apriciate your help. 

[bigpaws]

Google is your friend:

http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4232/4/

Bigpaws