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From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
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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.  :)


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