Hi. I just got a 6 GB HDD for my router which has been running RH9 for some time now. I set it up like I should (set it as a Slave drive, removing everything on it, etc.) and BIOS detects it OK, but the problems begin in Linux. From what I've read I should use fdisk and mk2-something or other. The thing is, I don't even understand what fdisk wants from me (like cylinders and such). Isn't there a friendlier, GUI based program that lets you format and mount HDDs, like in the RH9 installer? Thanks in advance for your help!

Use fdisk; it's not difficult. First, enter it with "fdisk /dev/hdb", assuming slave is on primary, "hdd" if on secondary. Then, as it says, enter "m" for help. Enter "p" for current parititioning scheme. You'll now want to enter "n" for a new partition. Then, enter "p" for primary, then enter "1", then "1" again for starting cylinder. Then, enter last cylinder (it should display that value). Use "t" to change the filesystem type to swap or something else, if you desire (not required). Lastly, enter "w" to write it out. Now, you can make the filesystem, with mkfs (or similar), such as "mkfs /dev/hdb". You'll then probably want to add it to /etc/fstab to have it mount upon boot, such as: /dev/hdb1 /apps ext2 defaults 1 1 Done. Good luck.

You could try either cfdisk or parted if installed.

Thanks for your replies. In the end, I decided to go the way C_Legend suggested. Mounting and formatting don't seem that hard after all, but since I'm still a total Linux n00b, I still have some things to clear up ;) Anyway, thanks for your help!