RE: [newbie] Adding add'l drive

[Joao Batista Gomes de Freitas]

 I think that "mkfs -t ext3  /dev/hdb1" will do the trick.



>> I've added an additional 160G drive to my existing 40G drive (using
>> MDV 2005). The "new" drive was a Windows drive at some point in the
>> past. My aim is to put all my audio and video on the 160G drive. I
>> used to fdisk to repartition hdb, then mounted /home/cam/av on
>> /dev/hdb1, but still get all kinds of Windows crap showing up....so
>> I know I'm missing at least one step, most likely many steps.  It's
>> been quite a while since I've done this, so I'm lookin' for a little
>> help.
>>
>> My questions are these:
>> -What's the best way of wiping this drive of all Windows traces?
>> -In what order do I create mount points, move directories, edit
>> /etc/fstab.  Or does the order matter?
>>
>> I feel a little "weak" asking for what seems like such simple help.
>> I think I've got it written somewhere, but my desk was declared a
>> federal disaster area recently (and I'm still waiting for the funds
>> to arrive).
>>
>> TIA
>> Cameron
>>

>Download and burn "The Ultimate BootCD"
>boot from it, and from the hard drive utilities menu, choose one of the
>security wipe utilities.
>wipe the drive
>go back to linux, use fdisk to repartition, mount etc.....
>
>HTH
>
>Al