Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:19:47 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: ian@gamespot.com Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: How does one add an addtional disk to an existing freeB Message-ID: <14433.835665587@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:04:52 -0000." <199606241600.QAA15065@gamespot.com>
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Ah, say no more. In 2.1R it was broken and an upgrade to 2.1.5 next week is strongly encouraged! :) Jordan > I appreciate you bearing with and indulging me on this one... > OK, maybe there are bugs in sysinstall? I'm using freeBSD 2.1. > > The new disk is partitioned so I went into sysinstall > Custom > Disklabel > Editor (selected my new disk, sd1) and my display looks something like this: > > FreeBSD Disklabel Editor > > Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) > Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s2 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) > Disk: sd1 Partition name: sd1s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) > > Part Mount Size Newfs Part > sd1s1e /data1 99MB UFS Y > sd1s2e /data2 300MB UFS Y > sd1s3e /data3 610MB UFS Y > > The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): > C = Create D = Delete M = Mount W = Write > N = Newfs Opts T = Newfs Toggle U = Undo Q = Finish > A = Auto Defaults for all! > > when select "w" to write the configuration I want, I get this error: > > +--------------------------- Message -----------------------------------+ > |You must partition the disk(s) before this option can be used. | > +----------------------------------------------------------------(100%)-- > < EXIT > > +------------------[ Press enter to continue ]-------------------------+ > > It appears that sysinstall's Disklabel recognizes that the disk has > been sliced up until it's asked to newfs... > > Is there a way to run the command-line disklabel without it requiring > editing the /etc/disktab (again, the disk is another SCSI Connor > 1gig, just like the boot drive) ? Then I could command-line newfs 'em > and add them to the /etc/fstab (which for me, is the expected course > of action, not sysinstall). > > So where am I going wrong?? > Thanks for you help! > > > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 15:03:48 -0700 > > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> > > > > There must be a straight forward procedure for fdisk, disklabel and > > > newsfs to add additional disks to an existing system. I just can't seem > > > > In all recent releases of FreeBSD, /stand/sysinstall serves that > > purpose. > > > > Jordan > > Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com > Director of Technology & Web Administration > http://www.gamespot.com
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