Adding section on using removable drives, based on Mark Mayo's submission

on ZIP drives.

FAQ/FAQ.sgml

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 <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
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   <article>
 
 <title>Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
 <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG'
   name='&lt;pds@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>
-<date>$Date: 1997-05-26 15:56:40 $</date>
+<date>$Date: 1997-05-27 10:58:17 $</date>
 
 <abstract>
 This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X  All entries are
@@ -1197,7 +1197,8 @@ drivedata: 0
 	  <url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html"
 	    name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France.
 
-          Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">.
+          Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">,
+          and <ref id="disklabel" name="this note on 'formatting'">.
 
        <sect1>
          <heading>And how about JAZ, EZ, and other removable drives?</heading>
@@ -1213,6 +1214,85 @@ drivedata: 0
            before swapping media, and make sure that any external units are
            powered on when you boot the system so FreeBSD can see them.
 
+	   See <ref id="disklabel" name="this note on 'formatting'">.
+
+       <sect1>
+         <heading>I have a new drive, how do I use it?</heading>
+
+	   Whether it's a removable drive like a ZIP or an EZ drive (or
+	   even a floppy, if you want to use it that way), or a new hard
+	   disk, once it's installed and recognised by the system, and
+	   you have your cartridge/floppy/whatever slotted in, things are
+	   pretty much the same for all devices.
+
+	   <label id="disklabel">
+	   If it's a ZIP drive or a floppy , you've already got a DOS
+	   filesystem on it, you can use a command like this:
+
+	   <verb>
+		mount -t msdos /dev/fd0c /floppy
+	   </verb>
+
+	   if it's a floppy, or this:
+
+	   <verb>
+		mount -t msdos /dev/sd2s4 /zip
+	   </verb>
+
+	   for a ZIP disk with the factory configuration.
+
+           For other disks, see how they're laid out
+	   using <tt/fdisk/ or <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt>.
+
+           The rest of the
+	   examples will be for a ZIP drive on sd2, the third SCSI disk.
+
+	   Unless it's a floppy, or a removable you plan on sharing with
+	   other people, it's probably a better idea to stick a BSD file
+	   system on it. You'll get long filename support, at least a 2X
+	   improvement in performance, and a lot more stability. First, you
+	   need to redo the DOS-level partitions/filesystems. You can either
+	   use <tt/fdisk/ or <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt>, or for a small
+	   drive that you don't want to bother with multiple operating system
+	   support on, just blow away the whole FAT partition table (slices)
+	   and just use the BSD partitioning:
+
+	   <verb>
+		dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd2 count=2
+		disklabel -Brw sd2 auto
+           </verb>
+
+	   You can use disklabel (more info in <ref id="2_1-disklabel-fix"
+	   name="this note">) or <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt> to create multiple
+	   BSD partitions (you'll certainly want to do this if you're adding
+	   swap space on a fixed disk, but it's probably irrelevant on a
+	   removable).
+
+	   <verb>
+		disklabel -e sd2
+	   </verb>
+
+	   Finally, create a new file system, this one's on our ZIP drive
+	   using the whole disk:
+
+	   <verb>
+		newfs /dev/rsd2c
+	   </verb>
+
+	   and mount it:
+
+	   <verb>
+		mount /dev/sd2c /zip
+	   </verb>
+
+	   and it's probably a good idea to add a line like this to 
+	   <tt>/etc/fstab</tt> so you can just type "mount /zip" in the
+	   future:
+
+	   <verb>
+/dev/sd2c		/zip		ffs	rw,noauto	0	0
+	   </verb>
+
       <sect1>
 	<heading>What multi-port serial cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading>