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Andrew Ho http://andrewho.co.uk/

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Formatting a disk for use in FreeBSD

Given that this isn't something I do regularly, it's handy to have the commands to hand so I don't have to scroll through man pages trying to remember how to do it.

Clear the disk
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=1k count=1


Initialise it
# fdisk -BI ad1


Label it, then edit the labels created
# bsdlabel -B -w ad1s1 auto
# bsdlabel -e ad1s1


Format it with a filesystem
# newfs /dev/ad1s1e


Make directories and mount as appropriate, and you're done!
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