USB external harddisk
Michael Yep
myep at remotelink.com
Thu Jul 15 16:21:10 UTC 2004
To figure out the device it is on:
su
fdisk -l
then there should be a disk (with no partition table) that shows up most
likely /dev/sda
once you determine the correct device
fdisk /dev/sda
for just 1 big partition
n = new partition
p = primary
1 = partition 1
t = set type
l = list types, 83 = linux, 7 = fat32
w = write partition table
then for fat32
mkfs.msdos -F32 /dev/sda1
or linux
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
Note there is a lot of different options you could pick, and many different
ways to partition / format
At 11:09 AM 7/15/2004, you wrote:
How can I format a disk which is not partitioned and not formatted?
Michael Yep
Development / Technical Operations
RemoteLink, Inc.
(630) 983-0072 x164
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