From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 10:47:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5EF1065688 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:47:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A26F8FC15 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NycS1a00617UAYkA6ynS9G; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:47:26 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NynR1a0062P6wsM8ZynShj; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:47:26 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Kr3t3Te1lQgA:10 a=GofcrYdnE60A:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=QzesC8Zf4ascTmpNAM0A:9 a=FsXujelIIvTPhivaRGzu5W_ippMA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B98CCC941A; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:47:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:47:25 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20081005104725.GA82205@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081004181923.N2683@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A5E18EB2ED142C2B97EFD5A82AA805F@mickey> <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com> <10435563D3EC45D8A9AE00AECF113945@mickey> <20081005110745.T5124@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081005104253.GB82084@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081005104253.GB82084@icarus.home.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Don O'Neil , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, 'Alexandre Biancalana' Subject: Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:47:27 -0000 On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:42:53AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. > >> > >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: > >> newfs /dev/ad4 > >> > > yes you can. i actually do this > > Isn't this what's called "Dangerously Dedicated" mode, and is considered > "very risky behaviour" on FreeBSD nowadays? > > I would be wary of doing it that way. Using slices is the preferred > method, e.g. newfs /dev/ad4s1a. Specific details are covered in the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#DANGEROUSLY-DEDICATED The bottom line should be obvious: do not use this method. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |