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| − | Under FreeBSD | + | '''FORMAT''' is the DOS command for blanking a disk and initializing the file allocation table for a DOS file system (such as FAT, FAT32, or NTFS). Under FreeBSD, the equivalent command is [[newfs]]. 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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Revision as of 22:20, 19 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, FAT32, or NTFS). Under FreeBSD, the equivalent command is newfs. 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.
