Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:58:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: jc@netview.net (John Clark) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disklabel? What a joke! Message-ID: <199608051758.KAA06108@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960805142645.006fbd88@netview.net> from John Clark at "Aug 5, 96 09:26:45 am"
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According to John Clark: > Hello, > > I am trying to add my first disk to a FreeBSD system. If I am not mistaken > it appears that one must: fdisk, disklabel, then newfs the disk. If this is > true, then this part of FreeBSD is a joke. I thought the Linux utility was > bad, but at least it is useable. Has anyone ever successfully added a disk > like this? > > I must be wrong in my initial assessment of this situation as there would > certainly be documentation on how to do this in the handbook or FAQ. > Perhaps I am the only one dumb enough to need help and ask a question, but > it would seem to me that this would be "frequent" (aka FAQ). > > Not having a method of easily repairing partitions and upgrading hardware is > like running a system without passwords. > > Sorry if this seems like a flame, but I am incredulous. > > What is with all of the secrecy surrounding this issue? > > This is neither sarcasm nor a flame, but one reason that I've delayed adding a second drive to my 2.0.5 system is that the docs are at least obscure. I'm hoping that by the time 2.1.5 comes out, adding SCSI drive 2 will be a snap. Buy cable and disk, make a few` changes to /etc/whatever and _presto_. ((Is this happening yet?)) As far as I'm concerned, your posting reflects reality. At the same time, this (FBSD) is pretty much a volunteer effort... and given that, is fairly well done. And is getting better. Maybe you have some concrete ideas on how-to do the installation of a new drive more easily... ? gary kline
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