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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!nntp.hk.super.net!tst.hk.super.net!silee From: silee@news.hk.super.net (Mr Simon Lee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Would someone give me a clue about partitioning a new disk Date: 23 Aug 1996 17:20:44 GMT Organization: Hong Kong Supernet Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4vkp9c$l67@tst.hk.super.net> References: <4vid6o$12il@fidoii.cc.lehigh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: is1.hk.super.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Stephen Corbesero (flash@EECS.Lehigh.EDU) wrote: : Ok... call me stupid.... but... : I just added a scsi drive (Seagate 2GB Barracuda) on an Adaptec 2940 : controller to a working freebsd system. I have no problem doing a : newfs on the entire drive, but I can't seem to figure out how to : partition it into smaller pieces and be able to run newfs on those : pieces. try fdisk /dev/rsd1 : I have tried using /stand/sysinstal. I can do the low level : partitioning, and that seems to work. But newfs can't find any : partitions. (I've tried /dev/rsd0a, /dev/rsd0s1, /dev/rsd0s1a, : /dev/rsd0s1e, <insert your favorite combo of [a-z0-3]*>) So, I tried : labelling (also from sysinstall), but it complains about a lot of : things (no /, no usr, ... ) : Is there a sequence of steps somewhere I should be following? This : would seem like a real good section for the handbook. : Thanks in advance. : -- : Stephen Corbesero Systems Manager and Adjunct Lecturer : 19 Memorial Drive West, EECS Dept. "What are we going to do tonight, Brain?" : Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA 18015 "The same thing we do every night, Pinky," : corbesero@eecs.lehigh.edu " --- RE-INSTALL WINDOWS '95. --- "