Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:35:44 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Mark M <3dnut@altavista.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAT32 & FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980612113312.11796A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <358045B4.4CAFA3D6@altavista.net>
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On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Mark M wrote:
> Before I even attempt this, I just have a few questions; I would be very
> grateful if anyone could answer these:
>
> 1) Can FreeBSD be installed if the Hard disk it is to be installed on is
> of FAT32 format?
You need to use fdisk to allocate a separate partition for FreeBSD.
FreeBSD will overwrite any allocated partition with it's own
filesystem.
> 2) Will I be able to read UNIX formatted diskettes (so I can extract
> files eg: with bar xvfZ /dev/rfd0 )?
Yup.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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