Re: [SLUG] wiping a HDD clean

[Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst@nospam.barrett.com.au>]

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 04:28:09PM +1000, Rick Welykochy (rick@nospam.praxis.com.au) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, Doug Stalker wrote:
> 
[snippo]
> 
> but this installs the ext2 fs as well.
> Anyone know if mke2fs -n does just the format?
> 

making a filesystem == format

Doesnt the action "format" inherently imply mkfs cause
formatting *IS* making a filesystem.


Jobst


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