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From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
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Subject: Re: disklabel? What a joke!
To: jc@netview.net (John Clark)
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:58:03 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960805142645.006fbd88@netview.net> from John Clark at "Aug 5, 96 09:26:45 am"
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According to John Clark:
> Hello,
>  
> I am trying to add my first disk to a FreeBSD system.  If I am not mistaken
> it appears that one must: fdisk, disklabel, then newfs the disk.  If this is
> true, then this part of FreeBSD is a joke.  I thought the Linux utility was
> bad, but at least it is useable.  Has anyone ever successfully added a disk
> like this?
> 
> I must be wrong in my initial assessment of this situation as there would
> certainly be documentation on how to do this in the handbook or FAQ.
> Perhaps I am the only one dumb enough to need help and ask a question, but
> it would seem to me that this would be "frequent" (aka FAQ).
> 
> Not having a method of easily repairing partitions and upgrading hardware is
> like running a system without passwords.
> 
> Sorry if this seems like a flame, but I am incredulous.
> 
> What is with all of the secrecy surrounding this issue?
> 
> 

	This is neither sarcasm nor a flame, but one reason that 
	I've delayed adding a second drive to my 2.0.5 system
	is that the docs are  at least obscure. 

	I'm hoping that by the time 2.1.5 comes out, adding SCSI
	drive 2 will be a snap.  Buy cable and disk, make a few`
	changes to /etc/whatever and _presto_.   

	((Is this happening yet?))

	As far as I'm concerned, your posting reflects reality.
	At the same time, this (FBSD) is pretty much a volunteer
	effort... and given that, is fairly well done.  And is
	getting better.

	Maybe you have some concrete ideas on how-to do the installation
	of a new drive more easily... ?

	gary kline