RE: [cobalt-users] Adding 2nd drive to Raq4i, doesn't appear in gui

["Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>>channel.  The storage gui still shows only the 'home' device.  I
> >> fdisk'ed the new drive, created a filesystem, and mounted it, but
> >> still no sign of the new drive in the gui.
> >>
> >> Should the OS recognize the new drive automatically or is there
> >> something more or different that I need to do?  Does it need to be
> >> mounted at a particular location?
>
> >Did you go through the GUI to add your new drive?  Click "Maintenance"
> >on the System Admin menu, then choose "Storage" at the top of the
> >screen. It will do all the appropriate steps for you to format the
> >drive, create a filesystem, etc.
>
> >Once you add the 2nd drive, you can then choose to locate all new
> >virtual sites on it, or on the original /home system if you wish.
>
> I guess this is where I am confused, what needs to be done manually and
> what needs to be done through the gui.  When I originally installed the
> drive (new, not partitioned), it was not recognized by the gui at all.
> All I saw was the original entry for my existing 'home' partition, and
> even that was greyed out.  I had *no* option to do *anything* related to
> storage via the gui.
>
> Is the partitioning of a new drive normally done via the gui?  If so,
> I'm not sure why it's not recognizing the existence of it.

I think there is some confusion here - the RaQ4 doesn't have the facility to
add a drive through the GUI - I'm told if you do a rebuild with the second
drive in then it will then be recognised and show up under the storage
section and can be selected in the way described.  I think the RaQ3 had this
add storage button but it disappeared somewhere when it became the RaQ
possibly because we had the RaQ4R.

Hope this gives some pointers - I suppose what you really need is how to
push the GUI by setting up the drive under the hood and making any mods that
would be made in an OSRCD situ as I take it you probably don't want to do a
rebuild.

Gavin