Hi folks, (I'm a relative newcomer to all this... thanks for your patience & help.)
I've installed FreeBSD 6.2 on a system that will be primarily used as an FTP server. It has 2 drives - one for the OS and the other for the FTP storage. My question is about the storage drive in this case. You can see how I have things partitioned right now: ################################# [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/log]# mount /dev/da0s1a on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/da0s1d on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/da0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/da0s1e on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/da1 on /usr/home (ufs, local, soft-updates) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/log]# ################################# I started by trying to use fdisk to partition the storage drive (/dev/da1) but was getting errors which I don't exactly recall - something about a problem with the 'block device'. Anyway, then I wound up using the command "newfs -O 2 /dev/da1" which seemed to work and I was then able to mount and use the drive. My question is: is there anything wrong with having "/dev/da1" mounted an in-use? Should I have created a partition like "/dev/da1s1a" or something? I seem to remember somebody once chiding me for having formatted or mounted the 'block device' itself instead of a partition... is this making any sense to anyone? Clearly I need to know more about *NIX file systems (slices, partitions, block devices) and best practices or some such - I am working on it but obviously have a ways to go! Thanks very much! dharma _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"