Robert Epprecht wrote: > Excuse this probably very stupid question, > but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask...
There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers :^) > I've got my first external usb hd and can mount it without problems as > /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386). It's formatted > as vfat and I want to keep a small vfat partition but for the main part > putting ext3 or something on it. > > As this is my first experience with this type of hardware I want to double > check on the list if I can do that using 'fdisk /dev/sda' and then 'mkfs.ext3' > just as on oldstile ide disks? I think so. IIRC, that's exactly what I did on mine. BTW, I have the idea that cfdisk is "better" than fdisk, although I am so accustomed to fdisk that I always use it. Basajaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]