well...
so lets start:
open a terminal and enter:
Look for "logical name" to know if it is "sda" "sdb" or anything else
after knowing that you could enter
to get the UUID. It's recommended to use the UUID for mounting drives.
after you know your HDD and its UUID you have to create a mount point for iit. This should be done in /media....so create the point with:
Code:
sudo mkdir /media/mynewhdd
Note: "mynewhdd" is only an example. You can change that to anything you want, but you have to remember it...and it's case sensitive. So be carefull with upper and lower charakters.
Now you have to know which filesystem should be used (or is already used) on that disk (NTFS, FAT32, ext4, ext3 and so on). As you are using Linux, I would recommend to use either ext3 or ext4. If the HDD is already formatted with NTFS or FATxx, I would recommend to format it again. But you are able to mount those, too.
if you are done with the filesystem-thing, you have to edit the /etc/fstab with an editor of your choice (I would recommend nano, as this might the easiest for you):
Code:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
then you have to enter a line which specifies your HDD, the filesystem and the mountpoint. An example can look like this:
Quote:UUID=bbf85ecb-cc61-40ed-ba7b-d7b804ee845e /media/mynewhdd ext3 defaults 0 2
If you went through the whole steps and did a reboot...and if you did everything correct...the new HDD should be there and mounted.
But you see, it's not that simple for a noob. Might be, that the above is not quiet correct. It's just what I googled and what is already linked in here. For further informations you should really try to read those links which are posted here....they are helpfull. Asking us "Tell me how to do it" won't get you any further....tell us what at which point is unclear. So we could explain a bit more.
If anyone sees a big mistake in the above...feel free to correct me. I'll delete this posting if it is crap