delete and create a partition from a terminal

gjo · 06-11-2005, 01:19 PM

hi,
I want to format one partition to ext3 using linux commands in Fedora core3

the partition i want to format is /dev/hda10 which is reiserfs type

(ie. delete and create an ext3 fs)

Thanks in advance

acid_kewpie · 06-11-2005, 01:28 PM

surely you just want to reformat it? why delete it and recreate it atgain? you'll end up where you were!

just use "mkfs.ext3 /ded/hda10"

NCC-1701&NCC-1701-D · 06-11-2005, 01:29 PM

Hi,

I also faced a similar problem with my Debian box. Boot from the Fedora CD, use the linux rescue
feature, boot your root partitionand type cfdisk. It's a quite good app for partitioning... then install fedira in the new partition..
Hope it helped (cfdisk and the above example are ftom Debian, but I think the procedure should be similar!)

Have fun with Fedora!

NOTE: if your partition is not the root partition, you can also normally boot in linux and there use
cfdisk!

acid_kewpie · 06-11-2005, 01:39 PM

going by what's in the post, i'd say they really don't need to go that far. if this partition is just some normal, non-critical partition, then you'd not even need to reboot, let alone use a rescue CD. just make sure the partition is not mounted or anything.

NCC-1701&NCC-1701-D · 06-11-2005, 01:45 PM

NOTE: USING CFDISK WILL REFORMAT YOUR PARTITION!

acid_kewpie · 06-11-2005, 01:49 PM

no, it won't. it is for creating and deleting paritions, not filesystems. so no formatting will take place. And as such, doubt it's somethign that is applicable for use in this case.

gjo · 06-12-2005, 01:31 PM

Thankyou very much .., It works fine

mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda10

Now i have similar doubts

1.

If i want 2 make the file system as vfat,ext2 or reiserfs , are the following commands are correct?

mke2fs /dev/hda10 -T vfat

mke2fs /dev/hda10 -T ext2

mke2fs /dev/hda10 -T reiserfs

2.

could i also make ntfs in the similar manner?

makuyl · 06-12-2005, 01:54 PM

mkfs mkfs.ext3 mkfs.jfs mkfs.reiserfs
mkfs.cramfs mkfs.jffs mkfs.minix mkfs.vfat
mkfs.ext2 mkfs.jffs2 mkfs.msdos mkfs.xfs

Try "man mkfs" and "man mke2fs

No, you can't format ntfs with linux tools. Even if it's possible I wouldn't do it.

gjo · 06-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Thanks for all the help and above commands