Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:04:17 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Justyn K <dragon@dlance.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very dumb question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10211011502300.4470-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3DBB8406.3000401@dlance.com>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Justyn K wrote: > I'm wanting to reinstall freebsd 4.7 completely from scartch but I broke > my floppy drive and I really dont think my cdrom is bootable. I have > tried /stand/sysinstall but it doesent completely erase the old > filesystem. Am I doing something wrong? > Actually no, you're not. It's just that you can't do what you're trying to do--install a new system from /stand/sysinstall on a running system. You'll get all the files overwritten, but not new filesystems. It's sort of like doing a binary upgrade. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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