Subject: Re: Adding a disk
To: corwin <corwin@canonical.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/13/1998 13:45:11
corwin writes:
>    corwin writes:
>    > I'm running NetBSD 1.3.2 on a SPARC IPX.  I want to add another
>    > disk to this system.  How do I do it?
> 
>    I suggest a SCSI cable. Plug the disk in on one side and the machine
>    in on the other....
> 
> Clearly I was too vauge (up way too late, I guess).  I know how to attach
> the disk physically.  The NetBSD distribution I have does not seem to have
> a format binary.  What do I have to do to format and partition the disk?

Almost all SCSI disks come pre-formatted. You have no need to format
the disk.

If you want to partition the disk, see disklabel(8) and newfs(8).

Perry