Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:51:29 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Jon Molin <jon.molin@resfeber.se> Cc: Goran Milsson <penis@bluebox.naken.cc.resfeber.se>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a new drive Message-ID: <20010329165129.A60101@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <3AC347D6.1ED5F0A2@resfeber.se>; from jon.molin@resfeber.se on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 04:33:58PM %2B0200 References: <200103290938.f2T9c1l00499@bluebox.naken.cc> <3AC347D6.1ED5F0A2@resfeber.se>
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Hi, On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 04:33:58PM +0200, Jon Molin wrote: > Goran Milsson wrote: > > > > Hejsan... > > > > I had this problem before also. After further research I found > > out it is impossible to add another harddrive to your computer > > if you are running FreeBSD. If you want to add a drive you're > > going to have to re-install the OS. This is why no one responded > > to your question. Because there is no solution. > > > > The only suggestion I can make is to install linux. Linux allows > > you to add drives after an install. > > > > /Goran Milsson > > > Is this really true!? No, but in my experience, it *is* hard to add a drive in FreeBSD; at least it isn't documented very well. The easiest option is to run /stand/sysinstall as root, and then do the following steps: - choose Configure -> Fdisk, and choose the new disk (if the disk doesn't show up, your kernel doesn't recognize it; make sure you compiled your kernel correctly). - partition your disk the way you like it (ie, for an extra disk, choose 'A' - Use Entire Disk) - use 'Q' to exit the Fdisk configuration (do not 'W' yet) - choose your boot manager (you can select none if its an extra disk) - then choose cancel to get out of the drive selection screen for fdisk - Now choose 'Label', select the right disk, and use the label editor to create your 'partitions' (yes this is confusing, but in *BSD speak, these are partitions and what everyone else calls 'partitions' are 'slices') - For an entire disk, choose 'C', then accept the default size (which is the entire disk), choose FS for file system, and then enter your new mountpoint (for example, /local2). - Now press 'W' to both fdisk & label your new disk. - Choose 'Q' to exit out of the label editor, Cancel twice to get to the main sysinstall menu, and exit out of sysinstall. If this all went ok, you should have a shiny new disk mounted at your specified mountpoint. Note that changing boot drives is more involved than this, and I can't write a description off the top of my head. Hope this helps, --Stijn > > In article <99f5a6$14jb$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> you wrote: > > > I'm trying to add a new drive to my computer with no luck at all. I read > > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/disks-adding.html and thought it looked really easy. I > > > followed all it said in the guide using sysinstall and got error messages saying 'Error > > > mounting /dev/ad1s1a on / : Device not configured' but didn't worry since the guide said > > > there would be error messages when writing the label. But when i exit there's no info > > > left. > > > I've tried booting slackware and using cfdisk to make a bsd partition of it and it seemed > > > to stay but when i boot up my freebsd there's no table left. I've tried doing it manualy > > > with same result. > > > > > jmo# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rad1 bs=1k count=1 > > > 1+0 records in > > > 1+0 records out > > > 1024 bytes transferred in 0.000889 secs (1151775 bytes/sec) > > > jmo# fdisk -BI ad1 > > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad1 ******* > > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > > > > > dmesg: > > > ad0: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 > > > ad1: 6187MB <FUJITSU MPB3064ATU> [13410/15/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > > > > > fdisk output: > > > jmo# fdisk ad1 > > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad1 ******* > > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > > cylinders=13410 heads=15 sectors/track=63 (945 blks/cyl) > > > > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > > > cylinders=13410 heads=15 sectors/track=63 (945 blks/cyl) > > > > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > > > Media sector size is 512 > > > Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > > > Information from DOS bootblock is: > > > The data for partition 1 is: > > > <UNUSED> > > > The data for partition 2 is: > > > <UNUSED> > > > The data for partition 3 is: > > > <UNUSED> > > > The data for partition 4 is: > > > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > > > start 63, size 12672387 (6187 Meg), flag 80 (active) > > > beg: cyl 0/ sector 1/ head 1; > > > end: cyl 97/ sector 63/ head 14 > > > > > Anyone got a clue? > > > > > I've tried searching archives, asked friends and i asked it on the newbie list so i hope > > > im not being redundant... > > > > > /jon > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called `brightness', but it doesn't work." -- Gallagher To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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