RE: adding unused disk space

2006-01-27 Thread Tamouh H.
> Yes. Between steps (8) and (9) you should have created a > filesystem on that device: > > # newfs /dev/ad4s1g > > Then you can mount it as usual: > > # mount /backup Thanks Giorgos, however, I think the HandBook failed to mention these two steps which led me to think they're

Re: adding unused disk space

2006-01-27 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-01-27 14:39, "Tamouh H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > When trying to add a new partition to an already existing disk slice > on FreeBSD 5.4, are these the proper procedures to follow: > > lets say we have: > > /dev/ad4s1a507630 56104 41091612%/ > devfs

adding unused disk space

2006-01-27 Thread Tamouh H.
Hi, When trying to add a new partition to an already existing disk slice on FreeBSD 5.4, are these the proper procedures to follow: lets say we have: /dev/ad4s1a507630 56104 41091612%/ devfs 1 10 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1d507630 12 467008

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-11 Thread Igor Robul
Ean Kingston wrote: On July 9, 2005 11:07 am, you wrote: Thanks, Ean, for your reply. I tried it as you proposed. The problem is that when it comes to saving the changes the following message pops up: 'ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad4!' GEOM(4) prevent direct write to disk whic

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread Ean Kingston
list with your answer. > > Carlo. > > >-- Original-Nachricht -- > >From: Ean Kingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 10:52:20 -0400 > >Subject: Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD > > > &g

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread lars
On Saturday 09 July 2005 16:52:16, Ean Kingston wrote: On July 9, 2005 09:04 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no > names > > :-))) on the harddisk.

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread Leon Messner
On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 01:04:01PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no names > :-))) on the harddisk. I'd like to use this free diskspace with Fre

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread Christian Hiris
On Saturday 09 July 2005 16:52:16, Ean Kingston wrote: > On July 9, 2005 09:04 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > > some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no > > names > > > > :-))) on t

Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread Ean Kingston
On July 9, 2005 09:04 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no names > > :-))) on the harddisk. I'd like to use this free diskspace with FreeBSD. > > I wa

adding unused disk space for FreeBSD

2005-07-09 Thread carlo . matteotti
Hi all, I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no names :-))) on the harddisk. I'd like to use this free diskspace with FreeBSD. I was unable to figure out how to do that using 'fdisk and friends'.