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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.233.85.167!shore!nvp From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need help partitioning w/ 2.1.7 Date: 16 Mar 1997 19:07:40 GMT Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5ghgds$jnh@fridge-nf0.shore.net> References: <19970316164301.LAA17816@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.shore.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37164 Jwbot (jwbot@aol.com) wrote: : So...should I just use DOS fdisk first, then try to create slices with : FreeBSD? I remember reading that you should defrag the disk first -> I'm not a fan of FIPS (I only tried it once with Linux) and prefer fresh partitions and installation. Read the FreeBSD handbook (Walnut Creek) pages 61-62 which is included with the CD distribution. -- Nathan V. Patwardhan nvp@shore.net