From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 29 18:53:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA06953 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:53:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA06943 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:53:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01260; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:43:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807300143.VAA01260@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Can't Newfs Disk In-Reply-To: from Jim Van Baalen at "Jul 29, 98 10:11:44 am" To: vansax@mail.websidestory.com (Jim Van Baalen) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:43:26 -0400 (EDT) Cc: malte.lance@gmx.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim Van Baalen wrote: > ... newfs woe snipped ... > > Should I create /dev/rsd1s4c? It doesn't make much sense to me that > the necessary devices to add a second drive are not part of the standard Why clutter /dev? If the 2nd drive's devs should pre-exist, well, how about the 3rd's? or the 15th's? OTOH, the creation of these slice devs could be more obviously documented somewhere. When confronted with the problem myself, lo! these many months ago, I actually had to browse through the MAKEDEV script, at which point the scales fell from my eyes and I saw the Truth. > OS. Is their a document somewhere that explains which devices should be > associated with standard partitions when secondary disks are used? Thanks. [much snippage.] So just go ahead and create them: cd /dev MAKEDEV sd1s4a That will make the whole slew of [r]sd1s4[a-h] stuff. My advice is to get used to the new notation. On secondary disks, how you slice and partition is up to you. There's no standard except tradition. Usually: either don't use b or use it for swap. Don't use c except to demarcate the "whole slice". If you want a single partition to be used for the whole slice, make that "a" or "d". Gratuitous Advice: creating a small "a" partition that can be booted can be /real handy/ if the usual boot drive fails. It's also useful for routine stand-alone maintenance of the other drive. It's a lot more convenient than the "boot floppy". Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message