Moving an already formatted SCSI disk drive from one FreeBSD machine to another

For FreeBSD version 2.2.8

• Run /stand/sysinstall
• Choose configure
• Choose fdisk editor (page down to find it)
• choose sd2 (or sd1--the formatted drive you want to add)
• select the slice and write it by pressing the "w" key
• are you sure?...yes
• cancel from boot manager part
• fdisk completed successfully...okay
• "q" to quit
• cancel at boot manager
• cancel at select drives (make sure drive is still selected)
• choose L Label
• select sd21e and hit "m" to mount
• specify mount point (here, it's /playpen1) and okay
• make sure under Newfs it says "UFS N" and not "UFS Y" (Y means create a new UFS and N means don't)
• "w" to write
• sure?...yes
• cancel until you are out of everything
• Now add entry to fstab for the new drive. Be sure to use "sd..." as the device prefix

Also see http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/

Jumpers information for our Quantum Viking hard drives can be found in Quantum Viking 68-pin Wide - Wide Differential. The Front Option Connector works and it is conveniently labeled.