On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> >>> >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. >> >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: >> newfs /dev/ad4 >> > yes you can. i actually do this
Isn't this what's called "Dangerously Dedicated" mode, and is considered "very risky behaviour" on FreeBSD nowadays? I would be wary of doing it that way. Using slices is the preferred method, e.g. newfs /dev/ad4s1a. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
