Re: Repartition Format

To: PATRICK DAHIROC <patd@wam.umd.edu>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Repartition Format
From: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:28:34 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 199707290228.TAA14738@fleming.jimpick.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jul 1997 21:46:20 EDT." <[🔎] Pine.SOL.3.95q.970728214427.27235A-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu>

> I am a little bit confused how to format the new drive. 

Assuming you want to format it as an ext2fs partition, you need
to use the "mke2fs" program to do that.  As far as I know, you
can only do this from Linux.  The Debian installation disks can
format your partition as one of the install steps.

Cheers,

 - Jim

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