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[Polytropon]

On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:01:52 -0600, Martin McCormick <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote:
> 	The commit does not format the disk. There is no "last
> chance" prompt. It goes right to the download and proceeds to
> install FreeBSD all over mfs.

This seems to be obvious because no changes have been made
to the disk (i. e. no slicing, no MBRin, no partitioning).



> 	The CDROM for installing FreeBSD correctly formats the
> drive and installs the OS on that very same box. My first
> question is why doesn't the mfs do the same thing?

This is a matter of what has been selected within the partition
editor. If not "UFS2+S Y" is set, no formatting process will
take place.



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