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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