On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:27:02 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hermann-Josef Beckers) wrote: > Hi Collins, > > thank you for your answer. Using -t does the trick, but can I trust > my data on that partition. Or does anybody know how much i should > wipe out?"dd if=/dev/zero of=/partition bs=512 count=200" wasn't > enough. The partition has 1 Gig. Mount keeps complaining, when I use > the information from /etc/fstab, which simply contains "/dev/hdc6 > /backup ext2 1 2". >
There was a recent discussion about how much to clear (500?), but I can't remember if it was on this list. The one thing I know is - yes, you can trust your data. I have a Slackware partition that is working perfectly fine (originally it was XFS), but I have to specify -t ext3 when I mount it on my gentoo system. Hopefully, someone more knowledgable than I will jump in. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
