From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 9 16:21:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.plug.cx (kypo.alfred.cx [150.101.93.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7EE337B401 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:21:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from workstation-20.office.viptone.com.au (ade-firewall.matcom.com.au [150.101.234.157]) by mail.plug.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id A27182B8C1; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:11:03 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: Fw: installing and partitioning a new hd From: Andrew Reid To: default Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1002617139.6026.5.camel@percible.alfred.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution/0.14.99+cvs.2001.09.30.08.08 (Preview Release) Date: 10 Oct 2001 08:47:43 +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 15:31, default wrote: > I am about to add a second hard drive to my FreeBSD machine... and I was > hoping someone could give me some basic command instructions on what all I > need to do in order to have the drive be recognized and partitioned... > > I will need to edit the new info into /etc/fstab in order to have this > drive > loaded from boot correct? /stand/sysinstall (as root) has facilities for this. Just make sure you don't write a disklabel to your existing disk ;-) > During my original installation, I only specified 1 hd driver, ... is there > anything special I need to do in order to be able to add another one in? > (like kernel re-config etc?) Well, seeing as you've not said if the drive is an IDE drive, nor said whether or not you're running a customized kernel, it's a little hard to say. Assuming you're using an IDE drive, it should be supported out of the box. - andrew -- void signature () { cout << "Andrew Reid -- andrew.reid@plug.cx" << endl ; cout << "Cell: +61 401 946 813" << endl; cout << "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" << endl; } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message