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Old 09-14-2007   #1 (permalink)
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how do I format a partition?

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



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You could download a small live cd such as gparted and then use the gparted tool to create and format your partitions.
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To format to FAT32 type:

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mkfs.vfat -F 32 -c /dev/hdd5
Where /dev/hdd5 is the partition you want to format
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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.
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Some more info on formatting from the command line

Here is the mkfs man page.
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