Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:49:42 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: add a harddrive to an existing system Message-ID: <41D09F96.4030708@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <443bxr8hgu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <F21E492A-5855-11D9-B269-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <443bxr8hgu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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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
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