Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:16:37 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, 'Alexandre Biancalana' <biancalana@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Don O'Neil <lists@lizardhill.com> Subject: Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <20081005131637.GA65736@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20081005104253.GB82084@icarus.home.lan> References: <D3314319D28D4C51B1D721DFFE21F942@mickey> <gc7s7u$kba$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081004181923.N2683@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A5E18EB2ED142C2B97EFD5A82AA805F@mickey> <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com> <10435563D3EC45D8A9AE00AECF113945@mickey> <20081005110745.T5124@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081005104253.GB82084@icarus.home.lan>
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On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:42:53AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. > >> > >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: > >> newfs /dev/ad4 > >> > > yes you can. i actually do this > > Isn't this what's called "Dangerously Dedicated" mode, and is considered > "very risky behaviour" on FreeBSD nowadays? It is what is called 'dangerously dedicated' but the 'nowdays' thing is not relevant. It is as old as the slice/partition framework. It is probably not a good name for it because it is not risky for the system you are using it on. It's only problem is if you want to read/write the disk in a different system. You might not be able to do it because it does not follow the most standard way. It is not a problem for a disk that is only used on FreeBSD. On the other hand, I see no reason to not use the slice+partition system that is most standard. fdisk to create slices and bsdlabel to create partitions and then newfs each partition except swap. ////jerry > > I would be wary of doing it that way. Using slices is the preferred > method, e.g. newfs /dev/ad4s1a. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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