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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:41:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Sys. Admin" <rholland@freon.republic.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: disk
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961008133908.2048G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961007140157.841A-100000@freon.republic.k12.mo.us>

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On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Sys. Admin wrote:

> Now the next step in the FAQ is to 
> exit and then run newfs /dev/wd1s1, etc to create the filesystem.  It 
> then tells me that partition '1' is not available and then it tells me 
> that /dev/wd1sx (where x is 1-4) is not a character-special device.

That is true.  You want to give the raw name instead:

newfs /dev/rdw1a

to newfs the 'a' partition on wd1.

> What am I doing wrong or better yet, how can I get this second drive up 
> with 2 swaps and 2 filesystem partitions up?

You may be interested in the book 'FreeBSD Complete', available from
Walnut Creek CDROM, which contains a section on how to add disks.

Optionally, I have a long discussion on how to add disks -- if you'd like
it I'll gladly send it via private email.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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