centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:02 PM: > NO I did not mount the partition. > > How the name for the SLAVE device is assigned? In your > example, you have used 'sdb1'. My understanding is that the > SLAVE drive should be listed in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. > Neither of these files exist. > > I am a newbie, so any help is appreciated. > > Kirti > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mike Kercher > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:24 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] How to display 2nd HDD > > centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Sunday, July 02, > 2006 5:24 PM: > >> Hello: >> >> NEED HELP Desperately!!! >> >> Today one of my servers (RH 7.2) went down. I moved the HDD > to another >> server and it booted fine except I could not setup the proper VIDEO >> display. >> >> Then I setup a new Server (CentOS 4.3). I moved the HDD from the >> original server and installed it as a SLAVE device in the > new server. >> >> Now I want to display the contacts of the slave HDD (so I > can copy few >> files). How do I display the second (slave) HDD? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Kirti >> > > Did you try mounting the slave drive/partition? > > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/floppy or similar > > Mike Is this a SCSI device or IDE? If IDE, did you connect it to the primary or secondary controller? If SCSI, what is the SCSI ID of the drive? dmesg should tell you which drive devices were detected during the boot process? fdisk /dev/<device> should allow you to view what partitions are available on the drive. Mike