On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Michael van Elst <mlel...@serpens.de> wrote: > Use the gpt tool to create a GUUID Partition Table and add a ffs partition > covering all free space, aligned for 4k physical sectors. > > - gpt create wd1 > - gpt add -a 4096 -t ffs -l A_unique_name_for_it wd1 > > On older NetBSD, add the wedge manually as instructed by gpt, or reboot > to let autodiscover do it. On newer NetBSD, gpt runs 'dkctl makewedges' > for you. > > Use newfs to format the wedge. > > - newfs -O2 NAME=A_unique_name_for_it > > Add it to fstab. > > - NAME=A_unique_name_for_it /my/mount/path ffs rw,log 1 2 > > Mount the filesystem > > - mount /my/mount/path
That was exactly what I needed, I have the new disk mounted and I'm copying data to it now. I'm having lots of problems trying to get this old machine onto newer hardware, but I'll start a new thread about that. Thanks! Andy