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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 14:44:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Newbie question: adding a new disk
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On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Salvatore Greco wrote:

> I am trying to add a new disk to my BSD box.  I had a quantum drive and I
> have used the /stand/sysinstall utility suggested by the HandBook.  I
> cannot get it to correctly label the slices and mount the partitions.

Check out http://resnet.uoregon.edu/dwhite/makedisk.html.

Hopefully this will clear things up for you.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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