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      3 NOTE: If you wish to install NetBSD on your whole disk, i.e. you do
      4 not want DOS or any other operating system to reside on your hard
      5 disk, you can skip this section and go on to the section that
      6 describes installation, below.  If you're upgrading your system from a
      7 previous release of NetBSD, you shouldn't have proceeded directly to
      8 the section about upgrading; you need none of the information
      9 presented here.
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     11 First and foremost, before beginning the installation process, MAKE
     12 SURE YOU HAVE A RELIABLE BACKUP of any data on your hard disk that you
     13 wish to keep.  Repartitioning your hard disk is an excellent way to
     14 destroy important data.
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     16 Second, use the Human68k "FORMAT.X" program to format your hard disk.
     17 NetBSD needs first partition and second partition to bootstrap.
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     19 Finally, do whatever is necessary to restore order to the partition
     20 you took space away from.  If it was a DOS partition, you probably
     21 will need to use "format" to create a new file system on it, and then
     22 restore your important files from your backups.  Other operating
     23 systems will have different needs; most will need to reformat the
     24 partition, and if it was their "main" partition, will probably need
     25 to be reinstalled.
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     27 Your hard disk is now prepared to have NetBSD installed on it, and
     28 you should proceed with the installation instructions.
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