mount + format

[renrutxela]

previously i had my windows system on a pair of striped disks, unfortunatly it seems that linux has trouble supporting simple controlers so i have installed ubuntu onto a single disk.

how should i mount and format the second disk so that it is always available?

Thanks
Alex.

[devils casper]

Boot up from Ubuntu CD, open Terminal and execute this

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.

[kostasan]

Run in terminal sudo gparted
or system->administration->partition editor
Find the hard disk you want to format, create the partitions with filesystem ext3(unless you want them to be available in windows) and choose a mountpoint.

[renrutxela]

thanks guys,

ext3 is fine, i'm not dual booting ... this is my first step into having my main(gaming) pc not microsoft.

unfortunatly i've already had to quit 1 game because wine cant handle it yet.