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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: New harddrive how to ? Date: 23 Sep 1996 06:07:35 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 43 Message-ID: <5255un$i8@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <51s792$kb@Steinlager.tip.net> <51spjf$1a0@anorak.coverform.lan> <51tfgq$7at@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Font (font@MCS.COM) wrote: : brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes: : >[about installing a second disk] : >Run /stand/sysinstall, go into the custom setup and fdisk & disklabel : >the new drive. You can then put your new partitions in /etc/fstab. : >I can't remember if sysinstall newfs's the partitions - if it doesn't, : >do it manually :) : I tried this, and tried something along the lines of what was : suggested in the FreeBSD FAQ. What happened? After quitting the : disklabel editor menu... : +------ Information Dialog ------+ : | Copying initial device files..Segmentation fault : (core dumped) +--------------------------------+ Funny you should say that, but this happens for me too ! It happens after the drive is fdisk'd and before it's labeled.... oh well, you can always do it manually. After this happens, try running "disklabel -r -e sd1" (I'm assuming scsi disks - otherwise replace "sd"). Bear in mind that the 'c' partition is the whole thing - keep within these bounds. : But I've had a /lot/ of problems with sysinstall (2.1.5) not detecting : errors (checksum errors, unable to get back into network interface : config, etc) and otherwise screwing up. My hardware might be a bit : dodgy (AHA1542CF, 1G Jaz drive) and be the cause of some difficulty, : but sysinstall's ignoring certain kinds of errors is even worse. : Luckily I was able to get the kernel sources that it mangled off of : the "live file system" cd. I'm avoiding using sysinstall whenever I : can. I've not examined the core for this error - but it's the only one I've seen. : Time for me to read the disklabel and newfs man pages, I guess. 'fraid so :( Still, keeps ya off the streets :) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....