mke2fs /dev/hdx will create a new ext2 file system. mkdosfs will create a
dos file system. :-) I have never tried "mkvfatfs" though, so I don't know
if it'll work. ;-) Anyway, the correct answer is "mke2fs /dev/hdx" where x
is replaced by the drive letter and number of your new hard drive partition.
:-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Niessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: expert-mandrake-linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 5:32 PM
Subject: [expert] formatting a disk?
>
> I have created the partitions with fdisk -- set them to 83 -- on a new
> disk, but how do I 'format' it with ext2? I did a man on format, mount,
> fdisk, fd, etc looking for a clue, but could find none. When I do the
> mount it complains that it cannot read the superblock and fails the
> mount.
>
> All help is appreciated.
>
> Al Niessner
>
