> In message <6a36s3$ed$1@colwyn.owl.de>, you write:
> > In article <Pine.NEB.3.96.980120163753.8395A-100000@thecreation.com>,
> > 	"Eric K. Miller" <emiller@thecreation.com> writes:
> >> #thecreation:/home/emiller> newfs /dev/sd1a
> >> newfs: /dev/sd1a: Device not configured
> > 
> > "/dev/sd1a" would be a ROOT partition on the second drive. And I doubt
> > you want to have another root partition.
> 
> /dev/sd1a would be the first partition on the second drive, nothing dictates
> that the first partition of a drive has to be a 'root' (/) partition.

Oh yes, you're wrong.

Look up the mailing list archives... I posted to complete explanation some 2 weeks ago.

	-is