Formating a harddrive in linux

Exio · 05-16-2004, 03:25 PM

OK i have a harddrive just for files (hdd5), i would like to compleetly format this harddrive to a fat FS.

Please could some one fill me in on how to do this.

cheers, Nick.

mbegovic · 05-16-2004, 03:54 PM

You mean you have a hard drive partition called hdd5? You can use fdisk to do it from the terminal. Go:

Code:

fdisk /dev/hdd

This gets you into fdisk. From there you can use p to list your partition table, m for help, I think t to change the type of the partition. You should use l to find out what the numeric code for the partition type is. Once you're done with fdisk, write the changes and quit. Then go:

Code:

mkfs -t type /dev/hdd5

That's it.

mbegovic · 05-16-2004, 04:26 PM

Sorry, I forgot a few things. After you do what I said above, you should mount the partition with:

Code:

mount /dev/hdd5 /directory

Then you should edit your /etc/fstab file to reflect the changes you made to the partition table and the mount points.