On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > I have created a 2nd partition on my BACKUP (2nd) hard disk
> > in my windows/linux system. This HD was previously all DOS.
> >
> > Q. How do I reformat my newly created disk partition, which is still DOS
> > formatted, for linux?
> >
> > I am not trying to install linux on this HD, it is just for backup
> > purposes only.
> >
> Well, assuming it's /dev/hdb2 (may be hdb5) you'd type the following
> at a command-line prompt:
> mkext2 /dev/hdbx where x=the partition number. You probably should
> also change the partition type from dos to ext2, by using FDISK.
> You'll have to be root or "superuser" to do it, but the type you want
> is type 83.
> John
There's prob'ly an easier way, but I look at 'dmesg'. It
tells what partitions you have. Mine are:
--
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 >
--
This correctly shows hda1 (primary vfat, W98), hda5 (logical
vfat, flight simulators), hdb1 (primary, linux '/'), hdb5 (logical,
linux '/swap'), and hdb6 (logical vfat, backup, where I store files
from both OS's. The only thing I don't understand is why it shows a
second primary partition for both drives ?
.. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
