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Re: [SLUG] Formating a new Drive

To: Peter McCarthy <peterm@nospam.dva.net.au>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Formating a new Drive
From: DaZZa <dazza@nospam.zip.com.au>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:47:02 +1000 (EST)
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Peter McCarthy wrote:

> I have installed a new HDD setup as /dev/hdb
> It is fdisk'ed with a Linux file system enabled.
> However I can't work out how to format the drive to make it ready for use.
> I tried fsck and it bailed on me (not suprising) as it is the File system
> checker.
> I tried mkfs -c /dev/hdb and it just keeps coming up with
> Usage: mkfs.minix [-c | -l filename] [-nXX] [-iXX] /dev/name blocks

Asuming you've put only one partition on your new drive.

mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb1

If you haven't put a partition on it, put one on now.

DaZZa

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  - From: "Peter McCarthy" <peterm@nospam.dva.net.au>

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