Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:04:52 +0000 From: "Ian Kallen" <ian@gamespot.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: How does one add an addtional disk to an existing freeB Message-ID: <199606241600.QAA15065@gamespot.com>
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I appreciate you bearing with and indulging me on this one...
OK, maybe there are bugs in sysinstall? I'm using freeBSD 2.1.
The new disk is partitioned so I went into sysinstall > Custom > Disklabel
Editor (selected my new disk, sd1) and my display looks something like this:
FreeBSD Disklabel Editor
Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB)
Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s2 Free: 0 blocks (0MB)
Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB)
Part Mount Size Newfs Part
sd1s1e /data1 99MB UFS Y
sd1s2e /data2 300MB UFS Y
sd1s3e /data3 610MB UFS Y
The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case):
C = Create D = Delete M = Mount W = Write
N = Newfs Opts T = Newfs Toggle U = Undo Q = Finish
A = Auto Defaults for all!
when select "w" to write the configuration I want, I get this error:
+--------------------------- Message -----------------------------------+
|You must partition the disk(s) before this option can be used. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------(100%)--
< EXIT >
+------------------[ Press enter to continue ]-------------------------+
It appears that sysinstall's Disklabel recognizes that the disk has
been sliced up until it's asked to newfs...
Is there a way to run the command-line disklabel without it requiring
editing the /etc/disktab (again, the disk is another SCSI Connor
1gig, just like the boot drive) ? Then I could command-line newfs 'em
and add them to the /etc/fstab (which for me, is the expected course
of action, not sysinstall).
So where am I going wrong??
Thanks for you help!
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 15:03:48 -0700
> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
> > There must be a straight forward procedure for fdisk, disklabel and
> > newsfs to add additional disks to an existing system. I just can't seem
>
> In all recent releases of FreeBSD, /stand/sysinstall serves that
> purpose.
>
> Jordan
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