How to format a partion?

Abedel_hady · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 139

Now, I have agentoo 2004.1 and for some problems I want to format the Linux partion and install it again.

How I can format the partion ??
What is the format command and it's syntx?
_________________
/aeh

radonsg · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject:

format using fdisk.
It all inside the documentation.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1
_________________
Athlon64 3000+ on a MSI Neo2 Platinum (nVidia nForce3)
1 Sata Hitachi (HGST) 7K250
1 Sata Samsung SpinPoint
2 x 512MB TwinMos DDR400 Dual Channel
Geforce 5200

oumpah-pah · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:50 pm Post subject:

It depends on the filesystem you plan to use. For reiserfs, it would be

Maedhros · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject:

oumpah-pah · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject:

That's right, I should have warned you. In fact, the command is not even correct. With it, you would create a filesystem on the whole disk, which you sure do not want. To create a filesystem on the first partition of the first hard disk, you should use:

inode77 · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject:

It's like in DOS/Windows fdisk is used for partitioning and the mkfs.x (x => reiserfs, ext3, ext2, jfs, xfs, vfat......) commands are for formating the partition with a filesystem.

To make sure you format the correct partition use "fdisk -l /dev/hda" to see a list of your partitions.

Deathwing00 · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject: