From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 2 18:13:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA07250 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:13:04 -0800 Received: from kangaroo.ida.com.au (gw.ida.com.au [203.17.238.254]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA07236 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:12:40 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by kangaroo.ida.com.au (8.6.11/8.6.9) id NAA02405; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 13:15:49 +1100 Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 13:15:48 +1100 (EST) From: System Administrator To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Installing a new hard drive Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi... I have recently physically installed a new 850 MB hard disk on my computer, but I am unable to format the disk, label it using disklabel, or write a new file system onto the disk. I need to get the disk going asap as my other disk has VERY limited space left on it. How should I - format the disk - what utility partition the disk (I only want 1 partition if possible) mount the disk on the correct file system ( I want to use /opt) I have posted to the news group, I have looked through all the FAQ files, and I am still unsure as to how to precisely go about this task. Any help will be greatly appreciated, Drew ---- Andrew Heath Internet Directory Australia drew@ida.com.au http://www.ida.com.au/ Phone 0419335398 Fax 0394893346 PO Box 1003 Fitzroy North Vic Aust 3068 Offering Australia the World