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Linux: Red Hat v9.0: Hardware: Detect: How to detect new hardware from the command line? [etc/fstab]
Sep 18th, 2003 11:52
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 17 September 2003 - 19:51 pm ------------------
Linux: Red Hat v9.0: Hardware: Detect: How to detect new hardware from
the command line? [etc/fstab]
Steps: Overview:
1. -Open a console
(e.g. right click on desktop, and select 'New Terminal')
2. -Type the command:
/usr/sbin/kudzu
3. -This will configure the file:
/etc/fstab
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[kn, ni, we, 17-09-2003 12:00:36]
You can also manually edit this file 'etc/fstab', by using your
favorite text editor (for example 'vi')
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Steps: Overview:
1. -Start your text editor
e.g. on a console command line, type:
vi /etc/fstab
2. -That will show you the content of this hardware
configuration file 'fstab':
1. e.g. what it showed on my computer with Red Hat v9
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LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto, owner, kudzu, ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto, owner, kudzu 0 0
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2. this is what it showed on another computer with Red Hat v9
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LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/md0 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/md1 /software ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto, owner, kudzu, ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto, owner, kudzu 0 0
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Internet: see also:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/24391/fid/107
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/24505/fid/107
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