Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

steef wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> > Robert Epprecht wrote:
> >
> > > Excuse this probably very stupid question,
> > > but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask...
> > >
> > > I've got my first external usb hd
> >
> >
> >
> > which one?
> >
> >
> >  and can mount it without problems as
> >
> > > /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386). It's 
> > > formatted
> > > as vfat and I want to keep a small vfat partition but for the main part
> > > putting ext3 or something on it.
> > >
> > > As this is my first experience with this type of hardware I want to 
> > > double
> > > check on the list if I can do that using 'fdisk /dev/sda' and then 
> > > 'mkfs.ext3'
> > > just as on oldstile ide disks?
> >
> > How can you go wrong? There is nothing on it. Cfdisk is a little 
> > easier. 'cfdisk /dev/sda' and just partition it the way you want. Then 
> > after that the mkfs command.
> that's right hugo. however: this kind of escapades *must*  be supported 
> by the bios. had this summer a rather nasty experience with an older 
> machine of which the bios did not support this kind af action,
>
> so be prudent: it can be tricky.

Good point. I presumed OP just bought it, the reason I asked.

H