If you read the previous post then you know that I've done just the basics to get the FreeBSD box up and running again; there's very little configuration that's taken place just yet... so now the fun stuff begins!
I started with some very basic tasks to get things rolling.
First off, having created and updated my ports collection, I shut down the machine again and re-enabled my storage array. I didn't mention this earlier because I forgot, but my reasoning behind unhooking the physical drives was just that there's always a possibility of losing data due to human error... not fun.
Of course /etc/fstab (the configuration file that holds your persistent mount-points) doesn't know of the extra 1 TB of data that's just been re-enabled, so we have to create an entry representing it:
( Switch to root login if not already there )
$ su -
( Make your target mount-point's directory )
# mkdir /store
( Skim over the output of your device messages until you find something that looks like the newly added slice )
# dmesg
( Use your favorite editor here )
# edit /etc/fstab
( Add an entry to the fstab file like so, specifying slice, mount-point, file-system, permissions, and options )
/dev/da0s1c /store ufs rw 2 2
( Exit editor, and issue the mount all command )
# mount -a
...At this point everything should be all set for you to pick up where you left off with the long term data. One note, however: if you're not being allowed access to root by su, then you're probably not in the wheel group. Switch virtual terminals on the local FreeBSD box and login as root, then edit /etc/group to include your lesser-privileged login in the wheel group (e.g.: wheel:*:0:root,username).
More to come...
