Re: Formatting Hard Drive In Linux

From: Jeff Vian (jvian10_at_charter.net)
Date: 04/13/04

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    jack Garcia wrote:

    >Hi!
    >
    >I need to format the hard drive. I know how to do that in Windows. I don't know how to do it in Linux. I'm using Fedora 9.
    >
    >Thanks
    >jackservant@msn.com
    >
    use mke2fs. or mkfs with options.
    use man mkfs for more info

    >
    > 

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