mke2fs -j [device]
i.e., make an ext2 filesystem; journaled (ext3) on the specifiec device, which should be the partition you want to format.
So, if windows is on /dev/hda1, the command 'mke2fs -j /dev/hda1' should make an ext3 filesystem on that partition, and windows is history.
Then edit /etc/fstab to reflect the change in filesystem type for that partition. You may also want to rename the mount point (in fstab and in your file system browser, such as Konqueror).
Last edited by bigrigdriver; 05-06-2007 at 05:35 PM.
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