From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 15:31:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816F616A403 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from chylonia.3miasto.net (chylonia.3miasto.net [83.12.228.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D9113C484 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:31:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from chylonia.3miasto.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chylonia.3miasto.net (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l2EFV7CJ090322; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by chylonia.3miasto.net (8.13.8/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id l2EFV6u0090309; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) X-Authentication-Warning: chylonia.3miasto.net: wojtek owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:05 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar X-X-Sender: wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net To: Aitor San Juan In-Reply-To: <1C03BB1950F15F48B9E9654E0EFA42CA049EE7@bb04.bolsabilbao.local> Message-ID: <20070314162828.K89595@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <1C03BB1950F15F48B9E9654E0EFA42CA049EE7@bb04.bolsabilbao.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing a second hard disk 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 Mar 2007 15:31:09 -0000 wouldn't be easier to simply use right command directly? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/newdisk bs=64k count=1 - to clean up any DOS or other mess it may be here assuming you will need all disk as one filesystem newfs -right-options /dev/newdisk then add right entry to fstab and mount -a that's all assuming you need partitions bsdlabel -w newdisk bsdlabel -e newdisk and edit label and then same with newfs on each partition. please DO read newfs manual, as default options aren't good