Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:54:55 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: add a harddrive to an existing system Message-ID: <41D0A0CF.7070406@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <41D09F96.4030708@daleco.biz> References: <F21E492A-5855-11D9-B269-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <443bxr8hgu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <41D09F96.4030708@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > > > There *is* a chapter in the handbook, however; it's Chapter 16 in > my latest doc build (but I don't think it's quite _new_). Section .3, > entitled "adding disks", covers the scenario quite well. > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey I read that also however, I have a question about it. In the example I read (by Doug White) he used /usr/home as the point of reference. The question I have is this, what becomes of the space left over on the 1st drive now that /usr/home has been effectively moved? Can you merge this in someplace else? Say /swap or /var? -- Best regards, Chris Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by firing the coach.
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