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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 6 Jun 1995 11:19:20 +0200
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<donsethf@dump.com> wrote:
>I am trying to install 2.0, but here is my question..I fdisk'd my 3
>hard-drives, but do I have to format them using the DOS format? or does
>FreeBSD do that? Help!
>
FreeBSD can even provide an fdisk for you, and it will later subdivide
the fdisk partitions (called ``slices'') into its own partitioning
scheme, and finally high-level format the required file systems.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)