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wiping the first few mb, else disklabel(8) could get confused
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1m count=2 <code> partition the disk as needed <code> # disklabel -E sdX
for each partition, create file system
# newfs /dev/rsdXc
optional: give user user access to partition Y
# mount /dev/sdXY /mnt # chown user:wheel /mnt