From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 22 15:02:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03784 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:02:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from voyager.dreamhaven.net (qmailr@voyager.dreamhaven.net [208.234.113.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA03682 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:01:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from data@dreamhaven.net) Received: (qmail 17535 invoked by uid 1010); 22 Jun 1998 22:01:52 -0000 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:01:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryce Newall To: Patrick Gardella cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Add New Disk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote: > When I go the /stand/sysinstall route, I get the following errors from > DiskLabel when I write the changes: > > Unable to add /dev/wd2s1b as a swap device: Invalid Argument > Error mounting /dev/wd2s1e on /u2: Invalid Argument I ran into the same trouble trying to add a new SCSI drive to my system. I found that I had to go to the partition editor first, and define the partition there. Then, DON'T write the changes to disk yet; just hit Q to finish. Then go to the label editor and define where you want your partition mounted, etc. While you're in the label editor, *then* use W to write out the changes, and when you exit the label editor, it should mount and, if necessary, format, your partition. I'm telling you this mostly from memory, though, so there could be something I left out. Feel free to mail me if what I suggested doesn't work (or if it does work, for that matter). ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Stop smirking, Number 1." -- J.L. Picard * * "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop!" -- EMH Program, ST:FC * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message