/bckupdrv how big?

[wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org]

Quoting Chris Aitken <caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org>:

> Chris Aitken wrote:
>
> > Tim Writer wrote:
>
> Here are new answers to yesterday's questions:
>
> <snip>
>
> >> drive and what is /. Please e-mail your complete /etc/fstab
> >
> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
> LABEL=/1                /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> #/dev/hdb1                 /bckupdrv               ext3
> defaults        1 2
> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
> LABEL=/var              /var                    ext3    defaults        1 2
> /dev/hda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> /dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
>
> <snip>
>
> >> the output of "mount",
> >
> [root at a800 pauline]# mount
> /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> /dev/hda5 on /var type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> automount(pid1976) on /misc type autofs
> (rw,fd=4,pgrp=1976,minproto=2,maxproto=4)
> automount(pid2026) on /net type autofs
> (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2026,minproto=2,maxproto=4)[root at a800 pauline]#
>
> <snip>
>
> >> and the output of "fdisk -l".
> >
> [root at a800 pauline]# /sbin/fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20547841536 bytes
> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 39813 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *           1         203      102280+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda2             204       36693    18390960   83  Linux
> /dev/hda3           36694       37733      524160   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hda4           37734       39813     1048320    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           37734       39813     1048288+  83  Linux
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 6488 MB, 6488294400 bytes
> 15 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13410 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 = 483840 bytes
>
> Disk /dev/hdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
> [root at a800 pauline]#
>
> <snip>

I take back my last email; delete the partition table for that disk, create a
new empty one, AND THEN create a new partion, then format it.

Tom Watts
wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org

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