> Its pretty easy. > > 1. Physically install the drive in the machine, and configure it properly > on one of the IDE channels in the computer. Ensure that the BIOS > recognizes the drive when you reboot. > > 2. Boot into Linux and partition the drive. I like cfdisk but there are > other ways to do it. > > 3. Create file systems on all of the partions for the new drive. I think > the standard nowdays would be ext3 or ext2, but whichever you use. 'mkfs' > is to operative command here.
If you have x running, gparted is a nice tool: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php -- Dan Hunt Saint Brieux Saskatchewan Canada
