From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 12:17:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18830 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:17:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from csrlink.net (schroeder.csrlink.net [209.173.80.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18815 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@techyman.ml.org) Received: from techyman.ml.org (rlynn.csrlink.net [206.228.95.43]) by csrlink.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA26346; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:16:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:16:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert J Lynn Jr (TeChYMaN)" To: CyberPeasant cc: Jesse , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partitioning new disks In-Reply-To: <199806101712.NAA12417@lucy.bedford.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cyber: its the other way around, fdisk for partitions, disklabel for slices. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Lynn Jr. (TeChYMaN, TechyMan, rjlynn, TeChY) "What does rm -rf * do?" Owner/Operator Williamsport Computer Owner/Operator TeChYMaN's BSD Shells KidsWorld Sr. Helper On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, CyberPeasant wrote: > Jesse wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm gonna be setting up a new disk on my system tomorrow. I was wondering > > if anyone had suggestions on the best way to partition the disk (like, > > what commands) and how to set it bootable. /stand/sysinstall maybe? I > > don't want to install anythin gon the drives, just make the > > partitions/slices and set it bootable. > > > > fdisk for slices, disklabel for partitions. These are both "hidden" > in sysinstall. > > Dave > -- > DISCLAIMER: If it can be disclaimed, it is. > DISCLAIMER: In particular, I don't represent any organization. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNX7bhg2MC48AN/7zEQJ20ACgs46FEXPq/stEXYbrQgq0szNJVngAoIh5 O6Tuo4UXpH5CrO8CEAnVcpmR =b2Mr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message