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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:02:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Calvin Patrick <knightshade_69@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: partition
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Calvin Patrick wrote:

> Can I just download the needed files to install FreeBSD from an ftp site 
> and install FreeBSD without having to change my current disk partitions?

No.  FreeBSD requires it's own slice (partition).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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