Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:33:58 +0200 From: Jon Molin <jon.molin@resfeber.se> To: Goran Milsson <penis@bluebox.naken.cc.resfeber.se>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new drive Message-ID: <3AC347D6.1ED5F0A2@resfeber.se> References: <200103290938.f2T9c1l00499@bluebox.naken.cc>
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Goran Milsson wrote: > > Hejsan... > > I had this problem before also. After further research I found > out it is impossible to add another harddrive to your computer > if you are running FreeBSD. If you want to add a drive you're > going to have to re-install the OS. This is why no one responded > to your question. Because there is no solution. > > The only suggestion I can make is to install linux. Linux allows > you to add drives after an install. > > /Goran Milsson Is this really true!? /Jon > > In article <99f5a6$14jb$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> you wrote: > > I'm trying to add a new drive to my computer with no luck at all. I read > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/disks-adding.html and thought it looked really easy. I > > followed all it said in the guide using sysinstall and got error messages saying 'Error > > mounting /dev/ad1s1a on / : Device not configured' but didn't worry since the guide said > > there would be error messages when writing the label. But when i exit there's no info > > left. > > I've tried booting slackware and using cfdisk to make a bsd partition of it and it seemed > > to stay but when i boot up my freebsd there's no table left. I've tried doing it manualy > > with same result. > > > jmo# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rad1 bs=1k count=1 > > 1+0 records in > > 1+0 records out > > 1024 bytes transferred in 0.000889 secs (1151775 bytes/sec) > > jmo# fdisk -BI ad1 > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad1 ******* > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > > > dmesg: > > ad0: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 > > ad1: 6187MB <FUJITSU MPB3064ATU> [13410/15/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > > > fdisk output: > > jmo# fdisk ad1 > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad1 ******* > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > cylinders=13410 heads=15 sectors/track=63 (945 blks/cyl) > > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > > cylinders=13410 heads=15 sectors/track=63 (945 blks/cyl) > > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > > Media sector size is 512 > > Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > > Information from DOS bootblock is: > > The data for partition 1 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 2 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 3 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 4 is: > > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > > start 63, size 12672387 (6187 Meg), flag 80 (active) > > beg: cyl 0/ sector 1/ head 1; > > end: cyl 97/ sector 63/ head 14 > > > Anyone got a clue? > > > I've tried searching archives, asked friends and i asked it on the newbie list so i hope > > im not being redundant... > > > /jon > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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