Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 21:36:38 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding New Hard Drives: A Major Complaint Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951119212910.7925D-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511190927.KAA29641@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, J Wunsch wrote: > As Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > ...but this OS does not have a utility that will allow one > > to add a new drive onto an existing system. > > > > I've looked at 'man -k disk', and about the only things I > > find are 'fdisk' and 'disklabel'...neither of which helps in anyway. > > That's basically what you need to add a new disk, yes. Perhaps also > an editor for /etc/fstab. > > Arguably, the user interface is terrible, but you can hardly claim > it's not there. Depending on where you sit on the novice to wizard continum, a terrible interface == no interface. For bringing a new disk online, I'd say that the point is way too far toward the wizard end. Even for fairly seasoned FreeBSD users, this can be a frustrating experience. "How do I add a second disk" probably ranks in the to 10 frequently asked questions. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============
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