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| − | '''FORMAT''' is the DOS command for blanking a disk and initializing the file allocation table for a DOS file system (such as FAT | + | '''FORMAT''' is the DOS command for blanking a disk and initializing the file allocation table for a DOS file system (such as FAT or FAT32), or NTFS. Under FreeBSD, the equivalent command is [[newfs]] (similar to <code>mkfs</code> in Linux). You may also wish to consider using [[sysinstall]] (FreeBSD only) to serve as a text-mode-GUI front end for formatting and partitioning/slicing hard drives. See also [[fdisk]]. |
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Latest revision as of 10:45, 20 June 2006
FORMAT is the DOS command for blanking a disk and initializing the file allocation table for a DOS file system (such as FAT or FAT32), or NTFS. Under FreeBSD, the equivalent command is newfs (similar to mkfs in Linux). You may also wish to consider using sysinstall (FreeBSD only) to serve as a text-mode-GUI front end for formatting and partitioning/slicing hard drives. See also fdisk.
