Mounting second hard drive

Question

How do I mount my second hard drive?  I know to mount a cd it's mount /mnt/cdrom what path can I use to get to hdb?  or is it hd1?  what's the deal here?  I feel real dumb but I'd really like the extra 250gb of space.  thanks folks.

Answer 1

mrblondeisback, you have to understand some things :
There is a file /etc/fstab in which you define the mountable devices at boot time, or their paths for later use ( for example you can use mount /dev/cdrom because an entry in this file like this exist :  /dev/cdrom      /mount/cdrom    ro 0 0 )
For details always read the man pages as they describe the best what has to be done.
you have to create a directory first of all for your mounted device, like /mnt/drive
then you can also manually mount a device, by specifying the device and the folder, or like i previously said, just the device's name and mount will search in fstab for the entry and use the options.
Tomk said to look in dmsg :
This means there is a log file (files) that tell what happens if you do something to the computer :
When you plug your drive in your usb port, kernel sends messages about it, and will tell wich device is used for your drive :
To follow what happens to the log file use this command :
tail -f /var/log/dmesg.log # tail is the command wich shows you the tail of a file, -f is to tell tail to follow the changes
Have fun !