In reply to Paul's mail, d.d. Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:16:54 -0800 (PST): >I just purchased a new hard drive for my Linux >machine. How do I format it / get Linux to recognize it?
First run fdisk (as root gives best results) like fdisk /dev/hdb (this assumes the first HD is hda). >From there you can follow the prompts in fdisk. If I recall correctly, there is no need to format the disk after that (but I will bow to people who know better.) Paul -- Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. -Mark Twain http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro
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