On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I have created a 2nd partition on my BACKUP (2nd) hard disk
> in my windows/linux system. This HD was previously all DOS.
>
> Q. How do I reformat my newly created disk partition, which is still DOS
> formatted, for linux?
>
> I am not trying to install linux on this HD, it is just for backup
> purposes only.
>
Well, assuming it's /dev/hdb2 (may be hdb5) you'd type the following
at a command-line prompt:
mkext2 /dev/hdbx where x=the partition number. You probably should
also change the partition type from dos to ext2, by using FDISK.
You'll have to be root or "superuser" to do it, but the type you want
is type 83.
John
