mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdc will create a filesystem on the raw device, but you
probably want to use fdisk to create partitions on it first.
fdisk /dev/hdc, then mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdc<partition_number>
then you tell fstab where to mount it.
man will give you more info on any of the above commands.
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Edgard Seif wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I installed a new hard disk on my PC (HP , PIII 500Mhz, kernel 2.2.14, Mandrak 7.0
>distribution)
>
> when booting the system, the new Hard disk is detected as hdc, but I don't know how
>to format it and I need to append it to my root director ( on hda5)
>
> I tried to look at the HOWTOs but could not find anything that can help me.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Eddy.
>
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