From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 14 21:15:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5580E16A484 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:15:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AEA43D73 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:14:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1FqchW-000HN0-G9; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:58 -0600 In-Reply-To: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra> References: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <41208E36-3848-4BF2-A5C7-7F3623B1BCE7@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:58 -0600 To: Jeff D. Hamann X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding an "old' disk as a new mount point? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:15:05 -0000 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