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Date:      Mon, 07 Jul 2003 11:09:11 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Adding new hard disk
Message-ID:  <3F098D17.4000107@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200307071457.H67EVR5K014987@asarian-host.net>
References:  <200307071457.H67EVR5K014987@asarian-host.net>

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Mark wrote:
> Ok, I bought a new 80G hard disk, for backups. I added it on the second IDE.
> But now, when I ran FDISK and the Label program (booted from CD), it will
> not allow me to just add /backup as mount point, and says it wants a root +
> swap partition too. :( I did "W" when writing out the info, but still,
> /etc/fstab is unchanged.
> 
> All I want is to add the new hard disk as mount point /backup. Please, tell
> me how to do this.

If you've managed to partition and newfs the disk, then just manually add the
line to /etc/fstab.
If not, read the handbook section on adding new disks.  It's got all the
information you'll need.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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