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The OS will definitely detect the drive, but you won't be able to sense it until you look under the hood. To be able to use it, you'll have to partition and format the disk. There are tons of CLI tools for this, but since you're in a desktop environment, gparted is the easiest way to go.
Well I'm not so sure about Linux mint, but in debian (which Ubuntu is based off of, and mint is based off ubuntu) you would have to mount the drive as a folder using the mount command, then you can write data to it.
How is the 1st drive partitioned is the best question here, using LVM hopefully, then you can easily add the 2nd drive to the physical group and grow logical volumes as needed
@miTgiB I have no idea about LVM. Didn't remember. I just use the easiest option when I boot up the nstallation CD. that is, use entire disk.
Well you can always make an LVM based filesystem on the new drive, transfer all the data to it then add in the original drive as a 2nd drive in the physical volume
thanks boss, will check it
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
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