Matt: Could this be due to an older BIOS? What does Windows/DOS fdisk report? What does Linux fdisk or cfdisk report? I confess I have not followed the thread so I amy be way off the target here. Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 05 September 2001 09:29, you wrote: > Ahhh spoke to soon... > > I have seem to have a problem the disk size is 18G > however when I run fdisk it seems to only see 130 cylinders > which relates to 1044244+ blocks. > > However there are 4 partitions on the disk 2 x 5G and > 3 x 1G all formatted under Windows98. > > If I fdisk the disk under linux SuSE7.2 I can only create > a 1G partition. > > Any ideas ? > > Regards > > Matt > > Matt wrote: > > Wow thats great. > > > > Question formatting.. > > > > mke2fs -cv /dev/hdb1 > > formats to e2fs. > > > > How do you format to vfat ? > > > > Regards > > > > Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jostein Berntsen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:10 PM > > To: Matt; suse-linux-e > > Subject: RE: [SLE] mounting and formating a second Hdd (hdb) > > > > Hi, > > > > Here is a short and concise explantion: > > > > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/cooper.html > > > > Jostein > > > > >===== Original Message From Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have a removable hdd it is seen by boot > > >but I am unable to mount it. > > > > > >mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /hdd2 > > >wrong or bad block device I think was the returning error > > > > > >Question > > > > > >How do I mount it and always mount it when I boot up > > >I think I have to alter the /etc/fstab file. > > > > > >Also I would like to reformat one partition on the > > >drive as linux (it has 3 partitions all vfat at present). > > > > > >Also is there a control center command or tool for this ? > > > > > >Step by step instructions please. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >Matt -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
