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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!wubios.wustl.edu!david From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J Camp) Subject: Need Low Level Format in Install Message-ID: <1994Apr2.040340.5094@wubios.wustl.edu> Sender: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J Camp) Organization: Division of Biostatistics, WUMS, St. Louis, MO Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 04:03:40 GMT Lines: 12 I have installed FreeBSD to boot from an IDE hard drive. I needed a commercial MessyDos utility to low-level format the hard drive before BSD would install properly. It kept complaining of "disk full" during the installation process, and only a complete wipe would cleans the drive of MicroSweat contamination. Please include this function in the BSD installation process. -David- # david@wubios.wustl.edu David J. Camp BS MS ^ # # david@campfire.stl.mo.us +1 314 382 0584 < * > # # I am a member of: The League for Programming Freedom. v # # abs (investment#1 - investment#2) << abs (anyinvestment - anydebt) #