From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-04-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.138] helo=ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DU14m-0004wx-00 for ; Fri, 06 May 2005 07:33:00 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-24-33-4-163.midsouth.res.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j46BWvHI022801; Fri, 6 May 2005 07:32:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 06:32:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <03d601c551ec$89d6e1e0$6a00a8c0@desktop> Message-ID: References: <03d601c551ec$89d6e1e0$6a00a8c0@desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: making a file system X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:33:00 -0000 Try mke2fs instead of mkfs. You will always use the device/partition format. That is, /dev/hda2. To make sure that's really the right device, do "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and it will show you all your partitions. You don't want to accidentally wipe out the wrong partition, so make sure you are using the right one.