Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 13:22:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: brunell@uwplatt.edu.NOSPAM Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating FreeBSD partition Message-ID: <19980126132207.43083@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34CBF98F.28581D74@uwplatt.edu>; from Matt Brunell on Sun, Jan 25, 1998 at 08:48:48PM -0600 References: <34CBF98F.28581D74@uwplatt.edu>
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On Sun, Jan 25, 1998 at 08:48:48PM -0600, Matt Brunell wrote: > Hello, > I have FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE installed on my first hard disk, > 800 megs is simply not enough space.... > Anyway, I am trying to create a partition at the end of my third hard > disk. a Maxtor 5.1 GIG > I created a partition with the sysinstall prog, but newfs says > /dev/wd20s4 isn't a special device > Any Ideas? Well, I'd say it's right. How do you get that name? What does your system report when it boots? Check it with dmesg; it's probably best just to post the output. To find what you've put on the disk, use 'disklabel -r'. Greg
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