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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans Linux wrote:
> how do i format a external harddisk with suse?

The same way you format an internal hard disk

mkfs /dev/disktype_d_diskletter_partition

where disktype_d_diskletter_partition is like: sdc1

denoting:
* the hard disk type (h for ide, s for scsi; devices
  plugged into a USB port always show up as scsi)

* the letter d

* an identifying letter (in order a, b, c...
  the first hard disk using scsi driver is *a*,
  ****not**** c)

* and finally, a partition number (1, 2, 3 ... 15).


> I need to format with NTFS file system so windows
> can read/write it

Your need is to make a filesystem that windows can
read and write.

NTFS is one tool for doing that, but not one which
will also allow reading/writing by Linux.  In fact,
I don't think there is even a way to make an NTFS
filesystem in Linux (other then 3G, which is not
yet reliable enough to use).

Instead, use a FAT32 filesystem

mkfs.vfat -c -F 32 /dev/_d__  -n volume_label_here

where /dev/_d__ is the partition where you want
the filesystem made (i.e. "formatted")

For more details,

man mkfs.vfat

[Note mkfs.vfat is a symbolic link to mkdosfs.
mkfs.vfat is used for consistancy with other
mkfs variants: mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.ext2,
mkfs.ext3, mkfs.jfs, mkfs.minix, mkfs.reiserfs,
mkfs.xfs]






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