you need to run: /sbin/mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1and this will convert your external hard drive from fat32 to ext3.
Just a clarification... The word 'convert' is misleading here. There's no conversion about it. This command will overwrite your existing FAT filesystem. Alan -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
