Debian Etch OS instalation query

I have just started to install debian etch following falko's how to, once the machine had finnished set up and i logged in as root i did df -h to check my hdd space and it is only showing that i have got 36gb but infact i have got 6 x 36gb, anyone got any advise or ideas ?


Regards rickie

 

it seems the issue isnt resolved

 

What's the output of

Code:

df -h

,

Code:

mount

, and

Code:

fdisk -l

?

 

ill show you know 2 minutes

 

server5:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 34G 1.3G 31G 4% /
tmpfs 507M 0 507M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 52K 10M 1% /dev
tmpfs 507M 0 507M 0% /dev/shm



server5:~# mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro,usrquota,grpquota)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)



server5:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 36.4 GB, 36420075008 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4427 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 4427 35559846 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 36.4 GB, 36420075008 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4427 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 4427 35559846 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1 4427 35559814+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 36.4 GB, 36420075008 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4427 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 4427 35559846 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 1 4427 35559814+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

 

right that showed me the hdd's were there does this mean that there all 3 hdds are there ? and it will use all 3 of them or does it mean that there is 3 but it will only use 1 of them ? im confused

 

The system has recognized all HDDs, but only /dev/sda1 is mounted. You must mount the other partitions as well if you want to use them. Take a look at

Code:

man mount

If you want to have them mounted automatically when the system boots, you must add new lines for these partitions to /etc/fstab.

 

thats the problem with being a newbi to linux i dont know how to do it i guess some googling is in order

 

never mind i see what man mount is now ill read that instead of google

 

and you can also have a look at /etc/fstab on how your current partition is already mounted... that should also help

 

Taking a deeper look at your fdisk output again - did you format the additional disks as swap? In that case, you could install GParted and reformat them to ext3, for example, and mount them afterwards.

 

so aslong as they ar ext3 they will be usable by the system ?

 

not just ext3, but also other linux partition type such as ext2, reiserfs, etc