From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 25 10:51:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22589 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tombstone.sunrem.com (tombstone.sunrem.com [206.81.134.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA22569 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from brandon@localhost) by tombstone.sunrem.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA02007; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:51:12 -0600 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:51:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Utility for adding a disk... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm bringing up this overly beat topic again partially out of frustration. The sysinstall utility has the mechanisms needed for installing a disk, but they will NOT DO ANYTHING unless you actually install SOMETHING, which I do not want to do. I realize there have been a few attempts at creating a utility for simply adding a disk, but they seem to have all faltered and disappeared. What I am wondering is if it would be possible to simply shag various portions of sysinstall to create a diskinstall? Just include the Partion, Label and commit steps, and have it merge with an existing fstab when it commits..? I am a software-inclined person (PC at its best ;) and unfortunately I do not have the hardware experience to grunt out adding a disk. Right now it seems to be not only an extreme guru task, but it also requires a touch of dietism in the mystical workings of hardware and filesystems.. -Brandon Gillespie (Who just finished an indepth 'discussion' with a unixware cohort who was astounded to find freebsd had no such utility)