On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:27:24PM +1100, Rod wrote: > Hi, > I am playing around with a PC where I installed Linux RH 7.3 so I can learn more >about it at which it was my first time at, and many things went wrong. > > > What I am now trying to do is re-format the HD to start again from scratch but I do >not have a clue how this should be done. I read somewhere a command I needed to type >in which I did and it came up saying there is no image to support this format command. >
The command under Linux is mkfs; there are a number of variants for different file systems (mke2fs, mkreiserfs, etc.). As you are starting out I recommend you use mke2fs > I then decided to remove the HD and put it in a removable draw on another PC of mine >but now it won't show the HD in my explorer. I went into the bois and it shows the HD >in there but when I start windows 98 up on this other PC and go back into the >explorer, it is not there. Windows 98 probably isn't setup to understand the filesystem(s) on the disk. Similiar to it having problems when looking at a Windows NT disk. You'll need to use fdisk to list and delete the partitions; however all of this should be unneccessary. You ought to be able to (re)install from CD without problems. Good luck, Anand -- `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
