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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!garnet.bmr.gov.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news2.cais.com!cais.cais.com!mcgraw From: mcgraw@cais.cais.com (Michael Curry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Okay, I give up. Date: 27 Mar 1996 18:54:19 GMT Organization: Capital Area Internet Service info@cais.com 703-448-4470 Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4jc2sr$1da@news2.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] How DO you add a second disk to a FreeBSD system? Sysinstall, sure and begorra, will not do it -- unless there are hidden options somewhere. I have a spare Conner 420MB that I could put to good use. It disklabels, but refuses to newfs on grounds of "not a character special device", and `1' partition is unavailable. Now what?