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I have used MEPIS (debain based) for years. I am accustomed to being able to mount additional drives easily with kDiskFree, either as user or root. Or simply to login to KDM as root to do things that root must do.

I've installed Etch and now can't do things I'm used to doing easily.

What is the KDE GUI method for mounting a drive as root?

Thanks,

Lance

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mount 2nd HD

Submitted by kbsolo on Wed, 2007-10-03 17:16.

I don't know how to use the gui, I don't use it as I want to learn the console way.
but since nobody answered you, I will advise you to log into the terminal from the kde (you may like it)
then look for your new HD
ls -l /dev/hd*
it will show up as hdb or hdc

you need to mount that drive since Etch didn't (which I don't understand why)
you will make a new dir in the root /

mkdir /newHD
then you'll mount the drive to that new directory
mount -t ext3 /dev/hdb /newHD

you can make a symlink to your desktop:
ln -s /newHD Desktop/mynewHD that's the shortcut to your new drive.

then you should edit your /etc/fstab file
(you should log into your console as su and first change the properties of fstab in /etc/fstab :

chmod 765 /etc/fstab
then copy it to your own dir
cp /etc/fstab fstab
you can always edit it directly by opening it with the GUI

you need to add a line for that new drive in your fstab:
/dev/hdb /newHD ext3 rw,user,noauto 0 0
save this fstab file and cp back to etc/fstab
cp fstab /etc/fstab

forgot to tell you to edit the /boot/grub/device.map file:
chmod same as above to allow you to edit it from your desktop or edit it when logged as su:
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdc
(hd2) /dev/sda
change accordingly to your own installation.

it's more fun than using the GUI, isn't it?
I like it better anyway. I do come from Winy... won't go back.
Debian is a great system!

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