Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:58 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Jeff D. Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding an "old' disk as a new mount point? Message-ID: <41208E36-3848-4BF2-A5C7-7F3623B1BCE7@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra> References: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra>
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On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Jeff D. Hamann wrote: > I'm sure this is a very RTFM question, but I'm getting a little > lost in the minutae about just exactly what I'm looking for. > > I've got an "old" freebsd 4.4 system (single hard disk) and a new > server with 6.0 installed. The new system is working just fine and > I would like to install the disk from the old server as a data disk > in the new machine for a little while until I can kick it loose and > use it for new data. What am I looking for becuase each time I try > to search the internet for the question, i get results about adding > brand new disks, adding swap space or converting filesystems... > > I'm thinking I can simply plug in the older drive, find out what > partition it's been named and then count it like I would any other > mount point, provided I create the infrustructure to do that (creat > mount point, fstab, etc.) > > Is it that simple, or should I be afaid, very afraid... Sounds like a plan to me. I've done that before Chad > > Thanks, > Jeff. > > > -- > Jeff D. Hamann > Forest Informatics, Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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