Changing Your Workstation’s Hardware Configuration

Installing Storage Devices

Configuring a Hard Disk Drive

This section describes how to add a hard disk drive to your system as a file system using SAM. If you installed a new hard disk drive, follow these instructions to make your new disk usable as a file system. For more information about configuring a hard disk drive, refer to the System Administration Tasks manual.

This procedure requires you to log in as root. If you cannot log in as root, contact your system administrator.

1Log in as root.

2In a terminal window, enter the following command:

sam RETURN

NOTICE:SAM (System Administration Manager) is a utility that performs system administration tasks using a windows graphical user interface.

3The System Administration Manager window opens. Double-click on Periph- eral Devices ->.

4The Peripheral Devices window opens. Double-click on Disks and File Sys- tems ->.

5The Disks and File Systems window opens. Double-click on CD-ROM, Flop- py, and Hard Disks.

The following screen message appears:

Scanning the system’s hardware...

The CD-ROM, Floppy, and Hard Disks window opens, containing a list of drives currently configured on this system.

6From the Actions menu, click on Add a Hard Disk Drive.

7The Select a Disk to Add window opens with a list of unused disks. Highlight the hard disk drive you want to add to your system.

8Click on OK.

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