On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:01:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all,
> I had a dual boot system with Windows and Linux
> installed. Bought a new cd writer and found out I had to
> upgrade win 98 to SE to use new software for writer. SE
> costs more than the writer did. Nuts to microsoft.
> Took Windows out and installed Debian Sarge with
> the new installer. I really am happy with it.
> My question is How do I reformat my second hard
> drive that is presently Fat 32 windows so that Linux can
> use it for backup. I tried cfdisk but linux cannot see the
> drive. I have a Maxtor cd for the drive, which is Maxtor,
> but there is no Linux formating available on it. I sent
> them an e-mail asking why not.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Doug
Linux can use fat32. If cfdisk cannot see the disk, it is because Linux
can't. Do you have the right modules loaded for your second disk?
Open a terminal and type /sbin/lsmod to see what modules are loaded.
What kind of disk is it?
What does the 'dmesg' command say? Please include all output.
Excerpts from mine:
> SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01
> SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: WDC AC14300R, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, 12949MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1650/255/63
> hdb: WDC AC14300R, 4112MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63
> hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
> hdb: hdb1 hdb2
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