[sllug-members]: Re: sllug-members Digest, Vol 55, Issue 47

[Matt Warnock]

Steve Hildebrand wrote:
I installed Ubuntu 64bit last night, but I
> am getting a different problem now.  I partitioned off 50gb for /, 200gb 
> for /home, and the remaining 500gb for /data.  I know for a fact I set 
> the /data as a primary partition on the second install try, but it keeps 
> showing up as a folder under /.  I really want to have that as a 
> separate drive, like the old IDE has, but the 64bit gpart didn't seem to 
> recognize the partitions on the IDE while I was installing, so I don't 
> remember how I set it up last time.  

Sounds like you misunderstand Unix filesystems.  / is the root 
filesystem, and EVERYTHING installs as a folder/directory under that. 
The mapping is in your /etc/fstab file.  Primary vs secondary partition 
refers to organization on the disk, and is invisible to the filesystem. 
  Believe me, after awhile you won't miss the a: through z: as separate 
drives--they only complicate life.

The really odd bit is how BIOS has
> the usual suspects for first boot device:  CD-ROM (I assumed this was 
> BIOS short hand for "first optical drive I find".  Not so.), LS120 (Does 
> anyone even have one of these anymore?  :)  ), USB-fdd, USB-zip, 
> USB-hdd, and waaaaay down at the bottom, off the bottom of the list 
> requiring a scroll down, my specific drive is listed - HT STDVD-xxx.  
> Choosing that one got it up and running, but I am not sure if it is a 
> burner or not at this point.
> 
> 2), 3) & 4)
> 
> Always good advice, even in my case, where everything is brand new.  No 
> secondary SATA DVD drive to check with, however, and my sneaking 
> suspicion is that I have a DVD RAM.

Glad its working now.  I seem to recall having had difficulty getting a 
DVD-RAM to boot at all (I only had one, and it was a few years ago), so 
you are ahead of the game.  A DVD-RAM will say so on the faceplate, if I 
recall correctly.
-- 
Matt Warnock, President
RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc.