From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cesarchavez.cagreens.org ([205.158.174.206] helo=greens.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19c9Ap-0001zI-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:39:47 -0400 Received: (qmail 18991 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jul 2003 19:41:21 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Jul 2003 19:41:21 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:41:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Hugh Esco X-X-Sender: hesco@petra-k.cagreens.org To: erik burggraaf cc: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Recognizing a hard drive In-Reply-To: <004c01c34a3a$0aed7a80$68a83918@saco2.on.cogeco.ca> Message-ID: References: <004c01c34a3a$0aed7a80$68a83918@saco2.on.cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Use fdisk from a root prompt to set the partitions and the file system types for each. Use mkfs2ext, I think it is, again as root, to build the file systems. I may have that second command wrong. Its in the /sbin or /usr/sbin directories of your linux installation. -- Hugh On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, I've just put a new data drive in my toy linux box. I know the drive is set up properly. The jumpers are right, and everything, and I know the drive is functioning, because I can run it on it's own. > How do I go about mounting it and formatting it to ext2 for linux use? > > Thanks, > > Erik >