This setup will allow your disk to work correctly with other operating systems that might be installed on your computer and will not confuse other operating systems'fdisk utilities. It is recommended to use this method for new disk installs. Only use dedicated mode if you have a good reason to do so!
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1k count=1 # fdisk -BI da1 #Initialize your new disk # bsdlabel -B -w da1s1 auto #Label it. # bsdlabel -e da1s1 # Edit the bsdlabel just created and add any partitions. # mkdir -p /1 # newfs /dev/da1s1e # Repeat this for every partition you created. # mount /dev/da1s1e /1 # Mount the partition(s) # vi /etc/fstab # Add the appropriate entry/entries to your /etc/fstab.
If you have an IDE disk, substitute ad for da.
