partition format using the terminal
 

hi again
i am trying to format a partition using the terminal but i failed to do so ,what's the command needed and how can i used it?

What type of filesystem do you want? For an ext3 partition, I typically use mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda2 (of course, change /dev/hda2 to whatever partition you want).

For my home boxes, I typically like to use the GParted LiveCD.

Fat32 and ntfs....

I like Gparted Live for those.

I think you can make vfat with mkfs -t vfat /dev/hda2, but I'm not sure you can do NTFS.