*BSD News Article 97986


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!news2.digex.net!access4.digex.net!not-for-mail
From: ssnlink@access4.digex.net (Silicon Super Network)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: The Second Drive Mystery
Date: 18 Jun 1997 16:13:41 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <5o91fl$e5f$1@news2.digex.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: access4.digex.net
X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0]
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43112

Hello!

I hope that someone can provide a clear and direct answer for the question
below. I would appreciate any help..   :)

I currently have one 2 GB HD (IDE) in my FreeBSD machine. It is the only
hard drive and the only OS on this particular workstation. Since I am
running out of disk space, I have decided to add a second hard drive to
this workstation. It was detected by FreeBSD during the boot.

Unfortunately, I have attempted to find all pertinent information on this
topic at the FreeBSD web site, but have failed to find any good and
straightforward answers. 

What I would like to do, is to add the second drive and make the entire
drive one partition (/d1). I tried to create this partition and mount it
using the /stand/sysinstall , but was entirely unsuccessful. (which btw,
was explained in the FreeBSD FAQ, but as I understand it, that is to
install "A" hard drive into a machine, not "A SECOND" hard drive.

Again, I would truly appreciate any assistance. Thanks! :)


Paul Kane
Email: ssnlink@access.digex.net