FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Working with FIPS

When FIPS first launches, it gives you a warning not to use it in a multitasking environment, among other common-sense caveats. After you have read all the information, press any key to continue. If you have more than one hard disk in your system, FIPS will ask you which one you want to work on. Select the disk you want. FIPS will then show you the partition table of your disk. It will look something like the following:

 | | Start | | End | Start |Number of| Part.|bootable|Head Cyl. Sector|System|Head Cyl. Sector| Sector |Sectors | MB -----+--------+----------------+------+----------------+--------+---------+----- 1 | yes | 1 0 1| 06h| 12 983 32| 32| 409312| 4149 2 | no | 0 0 0| 00h| 0 0 0| 0| 0| 0 3 | no | 0 0 0| 00h| 0 0 0| ...