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means run as normal user #
means run as root $ grep -i disk /var/run/dmesg.boot
# gpart show
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ada0 ...
ada1 ...
da0 ...
da1 GPT (512G)
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da1
is the name, aka /dev/da1
# gpart create -s gpt /dev/da1
# gpart show da1
da1 GPT (512G)
- free - (512G)
# gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 1M /dev/da1
-t
type of partition (freebsd-ufs) -a
alignment (to 1MB boundary) # newfs -U /dev/da1p1
-U
(Enable soft updates) # mkdir /backup
# vi /etc/fstab
/dev/da1p1 /backup ufs rw 2 2
# mount /backup
IMHO, NTFS is only suitable if the slow speed of writing to disk is unimportant.I do not suggest at all using UFS, least of all for backups.
For internal: go to zfs without thinking twice.
For external (USB): go to NTFS, without thinking twice.