From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 25 14:40: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B783737B417 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:40:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAPMe1U38372; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB82737B419 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:32:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAPMWTK37832; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:32:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200111252232.fAPMWTK37832@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:32:29 -0800 (PST) From: "David B. Foulis" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: misc/32277: I had a small disk 500 mb and after I had already installed wanted to add another (about the same) and the system seems to think I need to make another installation with a bootable bit etc. Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 32277 >Category: misc >Synopsis: I had a small disk 500 mb and after I had already installed wanted to add another (about the same) and the system seems to think I need to make another installation with a bootable bit etc. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 25 14:40:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David B. Foulis >Release: 4.4 >Organization: DBF-PYROTECHNIK >Environment: freebsd4.4 -release freebsd 4.4-release #0: tue sep18 11:57:08 pdt2001 rray@builder.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/generic i386. >Description: I think I made a mistake trying to add another disc, it`s a SCSI disc 524 mb as a second disc (da1). I wanted it just to add to the general capacity and hoped it would be just intigrated, but the system seemed to think that it was a new installation process that needed a new bootsector as well(when I left the sysinstall it couldn`t find any commands and through inexperience I had to just switch off which I dislike to have to do. Both discs should (Ihope) form a single entity of disk space, which I thought would happen automatically, because of the description that bsd is not like linux where one makes a series of partitions etc var usr home, and so on. >How-To-Repeat: One could just do what I descraibed above but I don`t think it is necessary, it`s a beginners problem. >Fix: I`d like advice on the best way to deal with a situation like this and maybe an answer to the problem of finding out how much space is available. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message