Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1
Jeremy Chadwick
koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Sun Oct 5 10:47:27 UTC 2008
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:42:53AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 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.
Specific details are covered in the FAQ:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#DANGEROUSLY-DEDICATED
The bottom line should be obvious: do not use this method.
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