Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:42:04 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: DAlSault@aol.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook lack.. Message-ID: <20010803154204.A396@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <84.19a16d04.289bc58b@aol.com>; from DAlSault@aol.com on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 05:14:51AM -0400 References: <84.19a16d04.289bc58b@aol.com>
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--d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 05:14:51AM -0400, DAlSault@aol.com wrote: > I need it stated explicitly that the install creates a slice for FreeBSD = and=20 > does not attempt to write over my present OS and data and apps.=20 The install will present with a disk editor, showing you the existing slices on the disk. You have the option of creating a new slice, of whatever size you want (up to the limit of available disk space, obviously), or of deleting one or more existing slices to free up space. =20 The installer will present one option, flagged as "Use entire disk", which will remove your existing slices and replace them with one large FreeBSD slice. This is not the default option. In addition, any changes you make to the disk are held in memory until the very last part of the install process. You are again prompted before any data is written to disk, and have the option of aborting the installation there and then. None of this, of course, is any reason why you should not also keep up to date backups of your data. N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjtquDwACgkQk6gHZCw343XfeQCdGxNyMpvM2s9VTcfghd/4RGt7 RrMAn3k/fOZ//VO9TqIlpaFbXf9NPYaJ =8w/o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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