Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 09:58:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: hoek@hwcn.org, hacking group <pcmaf@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970728095557.13522A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <19970728150409.30109@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 1997 at 09:41:23AM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > > 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. Yes, the author meant. :) > But read the caveats about fips. No warranty for data integrity. > I have used it though several times on partitions smaller than ~500MB. I've also used it on my 1.6GB. It is still advised to back-up important data, just in case, though. Actually, that's advised even if you're not using fips. It's just advised. :) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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