how do I format a partition?

[slow_computer]

hello

how do I partition the hard disk and formating the partitions to be far32 or ext etc...?



thanks....

[daark.child]

You could download a small live cd such as gparted and then use the gparted tool to create and format your partitions.

[Kieren]

To format to FAT32 type:

mkfs.vfat -F 32 -c /dev/hdd5

Where /dev/hdd5 is the partition you want to format

[oz]

Another nice tool for working with partitions is the Parted Magic LiveCD:

Parted Magic

It's a small download and burn to CD, and it's very easy to use.

[RobotTwo]

Here is the mkfs man page.