From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 22:49:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D931065672 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from ozzie.tundraware.com (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A818FC28 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ozzie.tundraware.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2DMng1m082457 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:49:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <47D9AF85.5010909@tundraware.com> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:49:41 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <47D9AA86.2040105@tundraware.com> <2FB616F9-6AA7-4BE5-A5A4-01207D34DA9C@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <2FB616F9-6AA7-4BE5-A5A4-01207D34DA9C@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Subject: Re: Using Install CD To Prepare Hard Disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:49:47 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Mar 13, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> I would like to use the CD install menus to only prepare the hard >> disk (Partition, Label, Format) without actually installing anything on >> the drive. Can this be done? > > There should be a "(W)rite" option on the various pages which let you at > least partition the drive without installing the software. Yup that was the magic - I missed it entirely. The option appears in the label editor menu... Thanks! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/