Re: formatting new partition

[john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk>]

On Thursday 04 January 2001  7:37 pm, David B. Harris wrote:
> To quote john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk>,
> # It seems formatting can be done with 'mkfs' - most of the manpage
> # is (hopefully!) clear, but I have seen no guidance on what block
> # sizes would be appropriate or what the advantages/disadvantages
> # of different ones are. 512 and 8192 may well be the extremes of
> # choice - but what should I select and why?
>
> Well, most of that is done automatically. If you have Windows on
> the machine, you should use 'mkfs.vfat', so it can read it too. If
> you don't have Windows, stick with ext2, and run 'mkfs.ext2
> /dev/<harddrive device>'. It should Just Work(tm). :)
>
> Dave

Thanks, Dave. I don't have Windows on this box. I'll try your advice
tomorrow.              Grateful, John.