Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 22:42:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Schwenk <pschwenk@crooow.wcupa.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Adding a new hard disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960620222221.4314A-100000@crooow.wcupa.edu>
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Hello everyone, I know this has been discussed many times before, but I really don't understand the fdisk and disklabel process involved with preparing a new hard disk for use. I've been using FreeBSD for quite some time now, but never was required to mess with this stuff, sysinstall did it for me. Now I am adding a SCSI drive to an existing FreeBSD 2.1.0-on-IDE-drive setup, and, having come from the dullard world of DOS, I don't quite get what I'm supposed to do. It's probably terminology that's bogging me down. Here's the specifics. I hope someone will be patient with me and push me in the right direction. The computer: HP Vectra VL4-90MHz Pentium w/ 56MB of RAM Quantum Bigfoot 2.5GB IDE HD on onboard controller Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI controller Seagate AT410800W Fast-Wide SCSI-2 HD (~9GB) Panasonic/Creative Labs CDROM on a SB16 card I heard that trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.0 onto an IDE disk while a SCSI disk was present fails because of some bug in the install program. That's why I unplugged the SCSI card during the installation with the intention of adding it later. The kernel sees the SCSI card and disk, but I'm now stuck at the point where I need to "partition" the SCSI disk, and that's where I get lost. I don't know what function the fdisk and disklabel programs perform. I want to split the disk into probably two "partitions" (I'm mired in DOS-think) so they can be newfs'ed with different parameters. Could someone please describe how I am to proceed? I've read the FAQ discussion on this topic, but I found myself more confused. If there is better documentation, please point me toward it. I'll greatly appreciate any help you may provide. Thanks in advance. - Peter Schwenk, Academic Computing, West Chester University of PA - pschwenk@wcupa.edu
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