HP B180L User Manual

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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 infor-
mation about configuring a hard disk drive, refer to the System Administra-
tion Tasks
manual.

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

1

In a terminal window, enter the following at the prompt:

/usr/sbin/sam

2

The System Administration Manager window opens. Double-click on
Peripheral Devices ->.

3

The

Peripheral Devices

window opens. Double-click on

Disks and File Systems ->.

4

The

Disks and File Systems

window opens. Double-click on

CD-ROM, Floppy, 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.

5

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

6

The 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.

7

Click on

OK

.

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