How to format a new hard drive?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. BendAR:

BendAR wrote:
> how can I format a hard drive in Yellow Dog Linux? I don't find the 
> formattools. Please give me hint.

I assume you mean to format an external hard drive, since during 
installation of Yellow Dog Linux you will have created formatted 
partitions automatically.

Look up the man pages for "mkfs," "fdisk," and "pdisk." My limited 
understanding is that you must first "build the filesystem" (what we 
usually think of as formatting the disk) using mkfs, then set up the 
individual partitions using pdisk (the version of fdisk that understands 
Mac partition tables).

This will give you your "hint," but I really don't know any more than 
this, since I have never formatted a drive.

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>