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Re: Format problem



On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Eric Budd wrote:

> Forgive for asking a stupid qeustion, but here goes. . .
> 
> I am building a system from used parts to run debian on, and the hard drive
> I have is DOS-formatted, but not as a system disk.  Is there any way that i
> can format that disk for Debian straight from the floppies without having to
> find a system to remount the drive on and format as a sys. disk?  If so,
> will this cause any problems with the Debian system?  

There are no stupid questions...  (Maybe some stupid answers, but that's
something else entirely.)

I'm making these assumptions from your message:

- you have a hard drive with the DOS (FAT) system on it
- you want to make it an exclusively Debian drive

That's simple.  Just follow the standard installation procedure; it
reformats the drive anyway.

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