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format a HDD to EXT3

Postby Tikker » Wed May 03, 2006 10:53 am

how would I accomplish this if I don't run a linux box?
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Postby Gidan » Wed May 03, 2006 12:33 pm

boot to a live cd then run mkfs.ext3 /dev/{whatever the hd partition is}

knoppix is popular though you could download the gentoo mininal disk (its tiny) and boot to that.
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Postby Lyion » Wed May 03, 2006 1:54 pm

IF this is for the NSLU2, it'll format that for you, Tik.
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Postby Tikker » Wed May 03, 2006 3:34 pm

lyion wrote:IF this is for the NSLU2, it'll format that for you, Tik.


it won't reformat the drive I have in there now, or I wouldn't be asking ;)
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