Thanks. Actually, I can boot via the CD (knoppix) but I cannot mount
the USB device (portable media). Argh!
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Original Message:
From: Gerald Timothy Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri Dec 27 16:30:08 EST 2002
Subject: Re: [plug] mkfs
On Thursday 26 December 2002 07:51 pm, _ wrote:
> Is there a way to partition and create a filesystem (ext2) on a drive
> (removable) using WinXP? I don't have access to a Linux box right now so I
> cannot make it to work.
i doubt that you can do it from WinXP. if you've got internet access, maybe
you could download tomsrtbt. it's got mke2fs on it. alternatively, if you've
got an install CD (i like Mandrake, but other distributions should work),
you could use the cd (either via rescue, or via installation but not going
all the way through install, just going as far as the partitioning part of the
install).
i don't know if either of those will work for you (depends on what kind of
removable drive you've got and whether drivers for that drive are built
into either tomsrtbt or the install CD), but those two are something to
try. if you've got 200MB or so of space, you could go all the way and
install a minimal linux (text mode tools only, console utils, etc). that
could work if tomsrtbt or the install cd/rescue doesn't work.
good luck.
tiger
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