From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 12 03:26:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA05762 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:26:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA05627 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:26:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA26947; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:26:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:26:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Mark M <3dnut@altavista.net> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAT32 & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <358045B4.4CAFA3D6@altavista.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Mark M wrote: > I am considering installing FreeBSD on my PC, as I am already familiar > with a UNIX environment due to my job. > > 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? FreeBSD uses it's own slice type, so the FAT type is irreleveant. In fact you need to delete the slice. If you want to install FROM such a disk, then no, it won't work. > 2) Will I be able to read UNIX formatted diskettes (so I can extract > files eg: with bar xvfZ /dev/rfd0 )? tar disks should work. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message