Re: reclaiming space from redmond!

[Olle Eriksson <pt00oer@student.bth.se>]

> >2) format it as another filesystem. You would do this with mkfs.fsname
> >where fsname is the name of the filesystem you want (for instance
> >reiserfs).
>
> If it's currently FAT, I think you'll need to change the partition type
> first (within cfdisk) to type 83.

Hmm I just converted a FAT32 partition to XFS. Becuase I had some problems 
creating and formatting two new partitions across the whole disk (XFS & 
EXT3) in qtparted I created two "unformatted" partitions with Partition 
Magic and formatted the first partition with XFS in Linux. Now it appears 
to be a "W95 FAT32 (LBA)" disk with XFS on it when I look in fdisk (in 
Linux). I have just started copying back all data. Is there a problem 
with this or can I just change the id back to 83 with fdisk afterwards?

Thanks
Olle Eriksson