From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jan 13 12:36:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.visp.telinco.net (smtp-1.visp.telinco.net [212.1.130.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4BB37B41A for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:36:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.1.153.230] (helo=me01) by smtp-1.visp.telinco.net with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1) id 16PrGM-0006hQ-00; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:29:54 +0000 Message-ID: <005401c19c72$7fda43e0$e69901d4@wintellect.com> From: "Philip Pereira" To: "Defryn, Guy" , References: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F352D@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz> Subject: Re: format drive Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:40:09 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey Guy, You could try to look at the built-in program "fdisk" (# man fdisk)- you could possibly partition the drive from within FreeBSD, depending upon what you are doing! Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: Defryn, Guy To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: format drive What is the best way to erase all the files from a freebsd drive? Let's say I want to use the drive for DOS again, what do I di? Cheers Guy Defryn, mcp & A+ IT-support & webdesign Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health Private Bag 11 222 Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand Ph: 06-3504336 ext 2037 E-mail: g.p.defryn@massey.ac.nz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message