Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:19:59 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> 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: <20060614211959.GA9276@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra> References: <004e01c68ff7$10011bc0$0a00a8c0@mothra>
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 02:10:52PM -0700, 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... Yes, it should be that simple. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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