> > I need to create a couple of new file systems.  I don't see where in the
> > GNOME screen this can be done.
>
> I wouldn't know if there's a GUI way to do it or not. But instead, I'd
> "get my hands dirty" and type in a few commands into a console window.
> Check out "man fdisk", "man mkfs", "man mke2fs", and related pages. Maybe
> also man mount. You'll probably want to add it to /etc/fstab so it will
> be automatically mounted (and fsck'd if need be) at boot time.
>
> In "man mke2fs" note the -j option if you want an EXT3 filesystem
> instead of the default EXT2.
>
> good luck!
>
> Fred

also webmin is good for that sort of thing :-)

Jim
> > I need to create a couple of new file systems.  I don't see where in the
> > GNOME screen this can be done.
>
> I wouldn't know if there's a GUI way to do it or not. But instead, I'd
> "get my hands dirty" and type in a few commands into a console window.
> Check out "man fdisk", "man mkfs", "man mke2fs", and related pages. Maybe
> also man mount. You'll probably want to add it to /etc/fstab so it will
> be automatically mounted (and fsck'd if need be) at boot time.
>
> In "man mke2fs" note the -j option if you want an EXT3 filesystem
> instead of the default EXT2.
>
> good luck!
>
> Fred

also webmin is good for that sort of thing :-)

Jim


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