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      <title>Using Command Line Utilities</title>
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      <title>Using Command Line Utilities</title>
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	<title>* Using Slices</title>
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	<title>Using Slices</title>
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	<para></para>
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	<para>This setup will allow your disk to work correctly with
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	other operating systems that might be installed on your
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	computer and will not confuse other operating systems' fdisk
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	utilities. It is recommended to use this method for new disk
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	installs. Use <literal>dedicated</literal> mode only, if you
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	have a good reason to do so!</para>
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	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda1 bs=1k count=1</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -BI da1</userinput> #Initialize your new disk
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&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -B -w -r da1s1 auto</userinput> #Label it.
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&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e da1s1</userinput> # Now edit the disklabel you just created and add any partitions.
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&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/da1s1e</userinput> # Repeat this for every partition you created.
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&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t ufs /dev/da1s1e /1</userinput> # Mount the partition(s)
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&prompt.root; <userinput>vi /etc/fstab</userinput> # When satisfied, add the appropriate entry/entries to your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.</screen>
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	<para>That was it! It is not difficult.</para>
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	<para>If you have an IDE disk, subsitute <filename>ad</filename>
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	for <filename>da</filename>. On pre-4.x systems use
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	<filename>wd</filename>.</para> 
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