Am Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2008 20:27:27 schrieb Aaron Kulkis:
Herbert Graeber wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 16:36:01 schrieb Victor Antonio Chávez de Anda:
i don't know the command for format a hard disk (i know thankx to god isn't windows, but i try format and doesn't work) please, can anyone help me?
Ther are many ways to do this, depending from your need. There are several file system types and parameters. Here is the commend for a simple ext3 format (You have to replace XXX by your partitions name, eg. /dev/sdb1 for the first partion of you second drive):
sudo mke2fs -j /dev/XXX
Enter "man mk2fs" or "#mke2fs" in konquereor if you use it to get more information.
eww!!!! NO!!!!
A USB disk should DEFINITELY have a journalled filesystem on it... ext3, reiserfs or xfs.
Sure, try "man mke2fs", and you will see, that "-j" will create a journal, thus creating a ext3 file system. And one can even do it better and if the usb disk is significantly slower than you harddisk you may use an external journal. But then proper unmounting is essential. Cheers, Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org