changing the drive in terminal window

[lepinceau]

Hi I am a recent user of Mac and wondering about something. If I wanted to change the directory I am looking at in Command prompt in MSwindows I use a command, like unix/linux cd .. if I want to change the drive I want to explore in MS windows I use c: or d: or which ever drive I want to explore and then begin the exploration by using a dir or ls in the unix and cd to the folder.. how the .. hmmmmmm h..l would I change drive from my primary to my seconary using the terminal window.. with a Mac? OS 10.4?

appreciate any input..

lepinceau

 

[jsw]

In Terminal, if you

ls /Volumes

you'll see all of your drives. You can then cd to one of them (or just cd directly - no need to list the volumes first). For example:

cd /Volumes/My\ Other\ Drive

Spaces are replaced by '\ '. Or you can put the whole thing in quotes:

cd /Volumes/"My Other Drive"

If the drive name has no spaces, then you'd just use the name:

cd /Volumes/MyOtherDrive

 

[Arne]

there are no drive letters in unix-systems. all the drives are mounted into directoys. You can find all your mounted Volumes in /Volumes.

Just type cd /Volumes and then ls to see, wich volumes are available. then you can cd into those to access everything.

Edit: damn, jsw bet me...

 

[spinnerlys]

Move to other volumes/disks/partitions

To move to different volumes/disks/partitions, use cd again.
Example: cd /volumes/Mac
That will move you into the root (/) directory of the volume named Mac.

You can also change to a volume with spaces, much like the last hint.
Example: cd /volumes/"Mac OS X"


via: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14496
via: http://www.google.com/search?client...os+x+terminal+change+volume&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[lepinceau]

thanks for your help

ahhh so I tried your suggestions folks and I appreciate it. I actually tried cd /Volumes/the other drive
that said.. the other drive is named "Macintosh HD 1" and the root is named "Macintosh HD".. I am thinking that is my problem.. hmmmm any thoughts??

again thanks for you help

lepinceau

 

[Mal]

ahhh so I tried your suggestions folks and I appreciate it. I actually tried cd /Volumes/the other drive
that said.. the other drive is named "Macintosh HD 1" and the root is named "Macintosh HD".. I am thinking that is my problem.. hmmmm any thoughts??

again thanks for you help

lepinceau

So you do cd /Volumes/"Macintosh HD 1" (the quotes are needed for the spaces, or you can do Macintosh\ HD\ 1 instead).

jW

 

[Arne]

another hint: you can often just hit tab to autocomplete commands and pathes after you have typed the first few letters