In linux a hard drive needs an access point in the filesystem. Here is a quick and dirty method to get a hard drive to mount every time to the same place at startup:
Create an empty directory for the drive:
sudo mkdir /disk2
Use your favorite disk utility to create an ext3 partition.
edit fstab to mount at startup:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
add the following line (adjust directory and drive to match your configuration):
/dev/hdb1 /disk2 ext3 defaults 0 0
Ctrl-X, Y to save the file
sudo mount -a
If everything went right you should have access to the disk from your formerly empty directory.
