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> Yes.  Between steps (8) and (9) you should have created a=20
> filesystem on that device:
>=20
>         # newfs /dev/ad4s1g
>=20
> Then you can mount it as usual:
>=20
> 	# mount /backup

Thanks Giorgos, however, I think the HandBook failed to mention these =
two steps which led me to think they're not necessary:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-adding.ht=
ml