From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 14:50:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28255 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:50:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nanguo.chalmers.com.au (gateway.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28225 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:50:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@chalmers.com.au) Received: from chalmers.com.au (carbon.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.26]) by nanguo.chalmers.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05178 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:49:23 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <357F01CC.C649638@chalmers.com.au> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:59:40 +1000 From: Robert Chalmers Reply-To: robert@chalmers.com.au Organization: chalmers.com.au X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partitioning new disks References: <199806101712.NAA12417@lucy.bedford.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you want real control over your partitions, use disktab and disklabel, then newfs. Or simply use disklabel in edit mode. Mind you, you have to be pretty familiar with sectoring etc. bob 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 -- Support Whirled Peas. Business in China? China House robert@chalmers.com.au ph:61 7 49440357 fx:61 7 49578425 China House Uses Webposition to ensure Top Spot in Searches http://www.chalmers.com.au/ChinaHouse/Business/webposition To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message