mounting and formatting

[hortonhearsawho]

hi,

I am really new to linux suse. can you tell me how i can mount an external hard drive and format it in a linux filesystem so i can use it to store linux files?

thank you.

 

[BadBigBen]

Which version of SuSE are we talking about...

have you checked the OpenSuSE Wiki...

Mounting, Partitioning, and Configuring File Systems

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Mounting,_Partitioning,_and_Configuring_File_Systems

Mounting to Static Mount Points

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Mounting_to_Static_Mount_Points

PS: since version 9.3, USB mass storage devices are automounted...

Ben
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[hortonhearsawho]

No i have not checked the wiki site ben and frankly i did not know of it i will have a look and thanks for the help. I think it is suse 9 but will need to check. thanks again.

 

[BadBigBen]

Suse 9 is different than the following versions (10.x and 11.x), as some things may have changed...

the following links, provide enough information as to mounting the device automatically, so have a read...

if you have any questions thereafter, please do not hesitate to ask...

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How To: Mounting a USB 2.0 Hard Drive to SUSE Linux

http://www.plex86.org/linux2/How-To--Mounting-a-USB-2.0-Hard-Drive-to-SUSE-Linux.html

SDB:9.1: Conventional Mounting Instead of subfs

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:9.1:_Conventional_Mounting_Instead_of_subfs

Ben
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[mohezzat]

you can always check your suse version by
more /etc/issue

here is a sample output

linux97:~ # more /etc/issue

Welcome to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l).