[CLUE-Tech] drive formatting

[adam]

It's pretty easy:

#fdisk /dev/sdn  (where N is the letter)
Follow the instructions, or man fdisk first
write partition table, etc.
then:

mkfs -t ext[2 | 3] or whatever /dev/sdnm, where n is the the drive letter
according to the device, and M is the partition.

as usual, it's scary at first, then, easier as time goes by.

adam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Staver" <staver at fimble.com>
To: "CLUE" <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: [CLUE-Tech] drive formatting


> So, here's my easy question - I have 2 SCSI drives in this one Red Hat
> 7.1 system, and I'm going to add a third.  I always just let the Red Hat
> installer format my drives and partition them up.  So, now that I
> already have a system going, I want to simply add a drive and format and
> partition it from the good old command prompt.  Is there a quick way to
> do this?
> --
>
>                                 -Mike Staver
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>                                  mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
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