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Date:      Thu, 3 Aug 1995 17:52:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>
To:        Andrew Herdman <apollo@io.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Formating a disk from scratch.... (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9508031717.D6667-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>

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On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, Andrew Herdman wrote:

> I wish to totally format a disk from scratch.  And I need to know the 
> steps on formating a disk entirly for FreeBSD from step 1.  I don't want 
> to use the installer, as it wants to install software before it even 
> decides it wants to build the FS, besides i want to know how to do it by 
> hand.

	fdformat /dev/rfd0
	disklabel -w -r /dev/rfd0 fd1440
	newfs /dev/rfd0a

> 
> Thanks
> Andrew
> 
> 

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