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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, 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]]. | + | '''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]] (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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Revision as of 22:28, 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 (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.
