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+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml,v 1.23 2000/07/19 02:07:46 hanai Exp $
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 <chapter id="disks">
@@ -510,9 +510,27 @@
       <title>Using Command Line Utilities</title>
 
       <sect3>
-	<title>* Using Slices</title>
+	<title>Using Slices</title>
 
-	<para></para>
+	<para>This setup will allow your disk to work correctly with
+	  other operating systems that might be installed on your
+	  computer and will not confuse other operating systems' fdisk
+	  utilities.  It is recommended to use this method for new disk
+	  installs.  Only use <literal>dedicated</literal> mode if you
+	  have a good reason to do so!</para>
+
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda1 bs=1k count=1</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -BI da1</userinput> #Initialize your new disk
+&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -B -w -r da1s1 auto</userinput> #Label it.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e da1s1</userinput> # Now edit the disklabel you just created and add any partitions.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/da1s1e</userinput> # Repeat this for every partition you created.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t ufs /dev/da1s1e /1</userinput> # Mount the partition(s)
+&prompt.root; <userinput>vi /etc/fstab</userinput> # When satisfied, add the appropriate entry/entries to your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.</screen>
+
+	<para>If you have an IDE disk, subsitute <filename>ad</filename>
+	  for <filename>da</filename>.  On pre-4.x systems use
+	  <filename>wd</filename>.</para> 
       </sect3>
       
       <sect3>
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+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml,v 1.23 2000/07/19 02:07:46 hanai Exp $
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 <chapter id="disks">
@@ -510,9 +510,27 @@
       <title>Using Command Line Utilities</title>
 
       <sect3>
-	<title>* Using Slices</title>
+	<title>Using Slices</title>
 
-	<para></para>
+	<para>This setup will allow your disk to work correctly with
+	  other operating systems that might be installed on your
+	  computer and will not confuse other operating systems' fdisk
+	  utilities.  It is recommended to use this method for new disk
+	  installs.  Only use <literal>dedicated</literal> mode if you
+	  have a good reason to do so!</para>
+
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda1 bs=1k count=1</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -BI da1</userinput> #Initialize your new disk
+&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -B -w -r da1s1 auto</userinput> #Label it.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e da1s1</userinput> # Now edit the disklabel you just created and add any partitions.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/da1s1e</userinput> # Repeat this for every partition you created.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t ufs /dev/da1s1e /1</userinput> # Mount the partition(s)
+&prompt.root; <userinput>vi /etc/fstab</userinput> # When satisfied, add the appropriate entry/entries to your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.</screen>
+
+	<para>If you have an IDE disk, subsitute <filename>ad</filename>
+	  for <filename>da</filename>.  On pre-4.x systems use
+	  <filename>wd</filename>.</para> 
       </sect3>
       
       <sect3>