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Subject: Re: partitioning explained
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> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I just added a second drive to one of my FreeBSD servers.  I am wondering if
> somebody can send me to a good URL tutorial that explains how to partition the
> drives.

It is documented in the handbook and also in the fdisk, disklabel and newfs
man pages.

In addition, I have written lengthy responses to this list that detail
the steps quite thoroughly more than once in the last year or so.
So, take a look in the list archives.

////jerry

> 
> Looking forward to your response.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Noah
>