Date: 27 Dec 2004 18:11:13 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: add a harddrive to an existing system Message-ID: <443bxr8hgu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <F21E492A-5855-11D9-B269-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> References: <F21E492A-5855-11D9-B269-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>
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Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> writes: > Where, in the handbook, can I find where to add a new hard drive to an > existing system? I know vaguely that I need to do a newfs and such, > as well as an fdisk, but I don't know what all the options mean and > how to best optimize this drive. Also, I'm thinking of obtaining an > identical drive as my system drive and performing a dump of sorts on a > schedule for backup purposes. anyone have any insight? Not actually in the Handbook, but what you want is: the "Disk Formatting Tutorial". http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/index.html
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