Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:19:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding new disk to the system Message-ID: <20080831181442.D19288@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <48BABC77.6010509@stupar.homelinux.net> References: <48BABC77.6010509@stupar.homelinux.net>
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> Hi! > > I have a working FBSD 7.0 and two disks in RAID-1 (gmirror). Now I want > to add another disk which will be used as file exchange disk so I don't > need it in raid-1 (not sensitive data). > Do I add new drive with standard procedure and just create a new mount > point e.g. /newdrive or do I need to do something else? what is "standard procedure" of adding drive to the system? i never heard about this unless you mean standard procedure of installing disk in PC computers - like putting inside, mounting with screws, pluggin power and signal cables etc. ;) do whatever you need and is best for you. it's unix, not windoze. if it's for file exchange, then it will be often connected and disconnected, so make some subdir, add /dev/drive /subdir ufs rw,noatime,noauto 0 0 and mount it and unmount manually when needed. note that if you need transfering data to nearby computers, fast (or gigabit) ethernet is much better idea than constantly swapping drives.
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