formatting the ntfs partitions to ext3

alice_neo · 05-06-2007, 04:44 PM

hi all!!!!!!!!!!!!1\

i m using suse 10.2 nd i feel its time to say goodbye to windows so....how can i format the windows partitions into ext3 partitions without formatting my linux partition

bigrigdriver · 05-06-2007, 05:33 PM

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).