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Subject: Re: Adding a new hard disk
To: pschwenk@crooow.wcupa.edu (Peter Schwenk)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:34:22 +0200 (MET DST)
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Peter Schwenk writes:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I know this has been discussed many times before, but I really don't
> understand the fdisk and disklabel process involved with preparing a new
> hard disk for use.  I've been using FreeBSD for quite some time now, but
> never was required to mess with this stuff, sysinstall did it for me.
> Now I am adding a SCSI drive to an existing FreeBSD 2.1.0-on-IDE-drive
> setup, and, having come from the dullard world of DOS, I don't quite get
> what I'm supposed to do.  It's probably terminology that's bogging me
> down.  Here's the specifics.  I hope someone will be patient with me and
> push me in the right direction.
>
> The computer:
> HP Vectra VL4-90MHz Pentium w/ 56MB of RAM
> Quantum Bigfoot 2.5GB IDE HD on onboard controller
> Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI controller
> Seagate AT410800W Fast-Wide SCSI-2 HD (~9GB)
> Panasonic/Creative Labs CDROM on a SB16 card
>
> I heard that trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.0 onto an IDE disk while a
> SCSI disk was present fails because of some bug in the install program.
> That's why I unplugged the SCSI card during the installation with the
> intention of adding it later.  The kernel sees the SCSI card and disk,
> but I'm now stuck at the point where I need to "partition" the SCSI disk,
> and that's where I get lost.  I don't know what function the fdisk and
> disklabel programs perform.  I want to split the disk into probably two
> "partitions" (I'm mired in DOS-think) so they can be newfs'ed with
> different parameters.
>
> Could someone please describe how I am to proceed?  I've read the FAQ
> discussion on this topic, but I found myself more confused.  If there is
> better documentation, please point me toward it.  I'll greatly appreciate
> any help you may provide.  Thanks in advance.

I'm currently (slowly) working on changing my writeup on disk
installation to SGML so we can include it in the handbook.  In the
meantime, you could pick up the file
ftp::/freefall.freebsd.org/incoming/disks.ps.gz and have a look at it.
If you find anything wrong or confusing, please let me know so that I
can improve it.

Greg