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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Add a new hard disk...
Date: 15 Aug 1995 10:56:41 +0200
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Chun-Feng Liu <cfliu@Apollo.dorm10.nctu.edu.tw> wrote:
> I have a new IDE hard disk and I'd like to mount it to my
> FreeBSD system. After I have made new partitions,I encounter
> a problem...How to make a new fs? I don't know what arguments
> should I give to "newfs"...I've read FAQ in freebsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw
> but it doesn't work,so I post here and look for help.
I think it's Jordan's intention that sysinstall should be usable for
this, too -- but the version in 2.0.5 wasn't fully ready for it.
Here's what i used to do manually:
o Determine the intented disk geometry to use
o Create an entry in /etc/disktab, thereby defining the desired
partitioning; it's name is "foo1999"
o disklabel -r -w wd1 foo1999
o disklabel -B wd1
o newfs -d0 /dev/rwd1a etc.
Note that the above scenario will assign the whole disk to FreeBSD,
and you should *NEVER* get this disk in touch with any DOS 6.X `fdisk'
program -- it will identify your partition table as invalid, and
destroy it without warning you.
For SCSI disks, you can even put an `su#XXXXX' entry in the disktab,
telling to use the exact number of blocks available instead of the
(faked) nc * nt * ns figure.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)