Debian User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > currently, i have two hard drives: /dev/hda as ext2 and /dev/hdc > as fat16. i want to format and partition /dev/hdc as ext2. having > never done this in a live system before, i though fdisk would work. > it won't do the formatting as i have read. what should i use? also, > i plan to partition /dev/hdc just like /dev/hda ... my thinking > is that sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk /dev/hdc will do the trick .. > am i correct?
Never used sfdisk, so can't say. I have always used mke2fs to format/change from a dos/Win drive to a ext2 drive. See the man page for mke2fs. Used to use it to fix floppies that were dos formated as well. :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) Wayne -- Linux - for those that deserve the Very Best! _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
