Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:51:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Utility for adding a disk... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960625114442.1990A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>
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I'm bringing up this overly beat topic again partially out of frustration. The sysinstall utility has the mechanisms needed for installing a disk, but they will NOT DO ANYTHING unless you actually install SOMETHING, which I do not want to do. I realize there have been a few attempts at creating a utility for simply adding a disk, but they seem to have all faltered and disappeared. What I am wondering is if it would be possible to simply shag various portions of sysinstall to create a diskinstall? Just include the Partion, Label and commit steps, and have it merge with an existing fstab when it commits..? I am a software-inclined person (PC at its best ;) and unfortunately I do not have the hardware experience to grunt out adding a disk. Right now it seems to be not only an extreme guru task, but it also requires a touch of dietism in the mystical workings of hardware and filesystems.. -Brandon Gillespie (Who just finished an indepth 'discussion' with a unixware cohort who was astounded to find freebsd had no such utility)
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