Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:40:09 -0000 From: "Philip Pereira" <info@wintellect.co.uk> To: "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: format drive Message-ID: <005401c19c72$7fda43e0$e69901d4@wintellect.com> References: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F352D@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz>
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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
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