From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 12 12:21:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA09478 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:21:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy3.ba.best.com (proxy3.ba.best.com [206.184.139.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA09471 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:21:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsampley.vip.best.com (bsampley.vip.best.com [206.184.160.196]) by proxy3.ba.best.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id MAA13950; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:14:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:12:58 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley To: Ev Batey cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Add disks F.BSD In-Reply-To: <332705BE.29B@cotdazr.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Check out the following FAQ (#2.16) at http://www.freebsd.org: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ37.html#37 This FAQ will walk you through installing a new hard drive using /stand/sysinstall. Hope this helps. Burton Sampley On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Ev Batey wrote: > Cruising the f.bsd web sites .. lots of BSD FAQs .. I neither find F.BSD > nor BSDI guidance on how to format a new (after install) disk for BSD, > nor how to label or low-level for adding to an existing BSD e.g._2.0.5 > > Welcome some tips .. ideas .. search urls ... > > Been given impression that most 80X86 Unixes are in a similar boat .. > > WHAT is the evolution plan for using other x86 code on FBSD .. really > dont want to switch ..but sadly I am not the programmer that a lot of > you must be .. Binaries .. pre-tuned sources are easy for other x86 > than FreeBSD to find .. how does the rest of the F.BSD gang get here. > > Really like what I can do on the product otherwise .. thnx /Ev/ > > -- > | http://www.oxnardsd.org http://www.vcnet.com/efb > http://www.gitt.gov http://www.nswses.navy.mil | > | Sun+BSD Unix - CISCO - DNS - TIS FireWalls - Security - inn-news - > WWW-Webmaster - Samba - Internet | > --- Brought to you by a 100% Micor$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)