#! /bin/bash  
# zipformat.sh 
# a quick Zip disk formatting script 
# written by Larry G. Vidrine 8/19/01 
# bigrigdriver1L@netscape.net  
input2=y  # default to format a disk.           
echo; echo          
echo "Press 1 to format ext3," 	 
echo 	 
echo "Press 2 to format ext2," 	 
echo 	 
echo "Press 3 to format fat32." 	 
echo 	 
echo "Press 4 to format vfat." 	 
echo 	 
echo "Press 5 to exit." 	 
echo          
read input1  	 
echo; echo  
while [ "$input2" = y ] # test condition at top of loop 
do 	 
   case "$input1" in
   "1" ) 	   
   echo "Formatting for Linux ext3..."             
   mkfs -t ext3 -m 1 -b 1024 /dev/sda4  	    
   ;;         # note double semicolon to terminate 	    
   "2" )  	   
   echo "Formatting for Linux ext2..." 	    
   mkfs -t ext2 -m 1 -b 1024 /dev/sda4 	   
   ;; 	    
   "3" ) 	    
   echo "Formatting for Windows fat32..." 	    
   mkfs -t fat32 -m 1 -b 1024 /dev/sda4 	    
   ;; 	    
   "4" ) 	    
   echo "Formatting for Windows vfat..." 	    
   mkfs -t vfat -m 1 -b 1024 /dev/sda4 	    
   ;; 		
   "5" ) 		 
   echo "Exiting this script." 		 
   exit 		 
   ;; 	  
esac 
	   	 
 if [ "$input2" = y ]; then       
   echo       
   echo   ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"       
  echo "Press "y" to format another disk, any other key to exit." 
  echo       
  read input2       
  echo 		
else          
  exit       
fi  
done  
exit 0