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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 15:04:09 +0200
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: hoek@hwcn.org
Cc: hacking group <pcmaf@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: freebsd
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970725093757.363A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>; from Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> on Fri, Jul 25, 1997 at 09:41:23AM -0400
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On Fri, Jul 25, 1997 at 09:41:23AM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, hacking group wrote:
> 
> [this belongs on -questions, not -hackers]
> 
> > i want a unix opraiting system but all the ones i heard of need
> > partition and i do not want to format my drive 
> > so please tell me if freebsd need partition.
> 
> Yes, if you read some of the FreeBSD installation literature you
> will find that you do need a separate partition for FreeBSD.
> However, you may not need to format your drive.  The fips utility
> is available (see ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/tools/) to
> reparition your hdd with forcing you to format it.
                          ^out ;-)
..the author must have meant.

But read the caveats about fips. No warranty for data integrity.
I have used it though several times on partitions smaller than ~500MB.

> 
> 
> --
> Outnumbered?  Maybe.  Outspoken?  Never!
> tIM...HOEk

-- 
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de