How to mount my 2nd internal hard drive

Tane · 2010-08-22 13:06:47

Hello,
my name is Hakim and i'm a newbie in the linux world smile
I've installed the crunchbang system alpha 2 and i love it !
But the i have 2 problems :
1) i have a sony vaio VGN-AR51e and there is an emplacement for a 2nd hard drive ; i have some datas inside and want to keep it ! but i can't not acces to the HD ; it not appaears in the file manager but i can find it with GPARTED : /dev/sdb

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Can you explain me how to access to the HD because when i'll try linux with ubuntu i could access without pb !

2) can you tell me how to have all my Main menu or space+space in french because all my system (except severals menus) is in french ?
Thanks for your help !!!
Cheers
Tane

zengrapefruit · 2010-08-22 14:11:26

Salut, Hakim. Bienvenue.

I've been using Linux for a number of years now but still consider myself a newbie when it comes the nuts and bolts of it. One website that I've found great in helping me solve problems such as yours is Tuxfiles. It's easy to navigate and the information there is well presented.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/dirs.html

That link takes you to the page you need. The bottom 2 sections are relevant but I recommend you read through it all for a better understanding of Linux in general.

Can't help with question 2.

smile

FiniteStateMachine · 2010-08-22 14:14:21

to mount the second harddrive you could try:

 sudo mount -a

otherwise you'll need to add it to your fstab (which we can help with if the first bit of code doesnt work).

as for changing your menu to french, assuming you use open box you need to:
Settings -> Openbox Configuration -> Gui Menu Editor

Then you need to manually rewrite the names in french (just the names, not the commands).
And if all is well you should be good to go (just be sure to hit the apply button).

inkyfingers · 2010-08-22 14:30:19

Welcome to the forums, welcome to #!, Hakim smile

Tane · 2010-08-22 15:44:18

Hello ! Thanks for your support !

1) for sudo mount -a and others, it doesn't work sad
can you help me configure with fastab ?

2) for menu in french, it works smile

inkyfingers · 2010-08-22 15:52:33

Search under fstab, in the wiki here. smile

anonymous · 2010-08-22 15:58:12

Install disk-manager and use it to add your drive to fstab.

Tane · 2010-08-23 00:33:26

Hello ! i'm back smile
I have installed the disk manager but i have few pb (which can be very easy to resolve but when you discover a new OS it's a litlle disapointing smile

- when i do alt+f2 and write disk manager, i have a window who tell me : ERROR : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type (no files found ) and it's for some programs sad ;
SO why and how to resolve my pbs ?

-i 've downloaded Blender 2.53 and gimp 2.7 software from the blender site (beacuse on synaptic there 's only 2.49 for blender and 2.4 for gimp) but i don't know where i have to put thoses files to execute the files ;and i searched on the net.
Moreover i can note update thoses software with synaptics sad

Thanks for your help wink and excuse my disturbing english roll
Tane
ps: i'm going to find a book or a internet site which can really help me for using debian linux every day without asking inside forums smile tongue

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Last edited by Tane (2010-08-23 00:38:48)

FiniteStateMachine · 2010-08-23 01:33:37

Hi Tane,

the disk manager probably isn't started by that command.
Try typing just 'disk' and then pressing tab, it should give you a list of possible programs.
it might be disk-manager, or something like that (i've never used the program, sorry).
I'm not familiar with the downloads gimp or blender provide. You should look for .deb files, which are one click installers basically. If the downloads you have are source files, its a bit of work, though they might be prebuilt and ready to go, in which case you need to simply execute the file in that folder (for gimp, it might be a file just called gimp, again im not really familiar with these, sorry).

Any software you download, that isn't a .deb, synaptic isn't aware of, and can't do anything with.

Most importantly, asking on the forum is great way to find answers. Maybe a beginners guide to linux wouldn't hurt, but really don't be afraid to ask questions here. big_smile

Tane · 2010-08-23 02:06:56

FiniteStateMachine wrote:

Hi Tane,
the disk manager probably isn't started by that command.
Try typing just 'disk' and then pressing tab, it should give you a list of possible programs.
it might be disk-manager, or something like that (i've never used the program, sorry).
I'm not familiar with the downloads gimp or blender provide. You should look for .deb files, which are one click installers basically. If the downloads you have are source files, its a bit of work, though they might be prebuilt and ready to go, in which case you need to simply execute the file in that folder (for gimp, it might be a file just called gimp, again im not really familiar with these, sorry).
Any software you download, that isn't a .deb, synaptic isn't aware of, and can't do anything with.
Most importantly, asking on the forum is great way to find answers. Maybe a beginners guide to linux wouldn't hurt, but really don't be afraid to ask questions here.

It works !!! smile
BUT...i can't not import or export or do anything but looking at the files ! is it normal ? because i want to use it to stock my datas and i need it.

I can find my data finally with file manager and catfish file search but it doesn't appears in personal files (my own translation, just web navigator) ; strange but not important !

So for the programms it's more easier to dowload files with deb, isn't it ? because for instant don't know WHERE to put the blender folder (which system folder ); where are the packages of the software in crunchbang ?

and last question ; how can i add a second conky on my desk ? Thank you very much for your help ! I'm very grateful !
Tane

Last edited by Tane (2010-08-23 02:24:43)

anonymous · 2010-08-23 03:07:17

The command you should use for disk-manager is "gksudo disk-manager". This gives it admin rights and will let you change the fstab file. If you already did this, maybe you need ntfs-3g.

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Then unmount/re-mount the disk.

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For installing programs, you should first try looking in the Debian repository (using Synaptic or apt-cache search), secondly try to find a third-party repository, third go to the website and try finding a DEB, and lastly download the program archive or source archive. If the program is already compiled, you can just put the folder in your home if you like.

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As for conky:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/41049/#p41049

linuxford · 2014-03-22 18:55:06

I'm a noob, and here is an easy way that I use to mount an ntfs drive:

Step1> Download ntfs-config

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

Step2> Run ntfs-config

sudo ntfs-config

This GUI seems to force you to mount to a /media sub-directory, or at least I had trouble. So I went ahead and choose the default mount directory, which was /media/local disk 2
After configuring the way I wanted through the GUI, it then automatically edited the /etc/fstab file and inserted the drive specification line of code into that file.

Step3> Create a directory that you want to mount the drive to.
For an example, /home/userName/backups

sudo mkdir /home/user/backups

Step4> now edit the file (use vi, nano, or gedit.

sudo vi /etc/fstab

All I had to do is to change was change the directory portion to
where I wanted to mount it, and then reboot. Now it automatically
mounts it to the place in the filesystem that I want it to.

CrunchBang Linux

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