From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 16 05:33:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA25436 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 05:33:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA25431 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 05:33:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: from fievel (client1.iaces.com [204.147.87.119]) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA23358; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:33:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <344609D0.F4B234FB@iaces.com> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:34:24 -0500 From: Paul Root X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199710160443.XAA32591@pinto.sd.cybernex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike wrote: > > I'm getting a comp to put Free-BSD on, but the only way it comes is with a > bunch of Microsoft junk on it.. When I install it, what do i do to make it > delete all that so the whole disk is UNIX formatted? If you by your computer from the right places you don't have to have Microsoft on it. I pieced my computer together and couldn't be happier. I think you'll find that a lot of people on this list did the same. Anyway, to answer you question. When you boot with the boot floppy or CD-ROM, the first configuration screen you get to is fdisk. Just delete the FAT partition and create a FBSD partition. Paul. ---- "The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijackiing an airliner; and murdering a government poultry inspector." -- Knight Ridder News Service dispatch