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. -- | 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 | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
