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  1. 06-07-2003 #1
    bignester
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    is there a tool for linux that will partition a drive that will format and check the drive after you partition it.
    The computer made me do it!! Slackware and SUSE too Gig\'em WHOOOOP!!
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  2. 06-07-2003 #2
    caffeine
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    Yep. fsck. The man page is pretty good.
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  3. 06-08-2003 #3
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    GNU parted will partition and format partitions for you, but it won't check them. Use badblocks(8) to check for bad sectors.
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  4. 06-08-2003 #4
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    User fdisk to partition your hardrive and fsck to check your partitions integrety.

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