On 9/26/2013 11:30 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it. > > One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive > has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups. > > Which is the best way to go about achieving my intended goal? The Debian > drive is not mounted when Centos is booted. this 400GB drive is /dev/sdb ? as root... fdisk /dev/sdb and delete all partitions, create a new linux partition thats the full size of the disk, exit fdisk. mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 mkdir /backups edit /etc/fstab and add a line to the bottom like: /dev/sdb1 /backups ext3 defaults 1 2 now, mount /backups voila, done. your backups will be mounted as /backups when you reboot. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos