Use fdisk (it has a help feature) delete all partitions and create a new single partition. Then use mkfs.ext3 /dev/da[name of disk]1 to format it. HTH. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Kempter Sent: 05 December 2007 16:18 To: For users of Fedora Subject: file system questions Hi List; I have a laptop running Fedora 7. I can remove the CD drive and insert a tray which holds an SATA drive in its place, it's a nice feature since it gives me a second drive connected the same way the CD drive was (i.e. not USB/firewire) so it's fast. I have a spare drive from when I was running FC5, It has multiple file systems on it (/boot, /home, /var, etc). I want to re-vamp it so I end up with a single file system on it which encompasses the full drive. I suspect I need to use rmfs to remove each file system and then mkfs to create a single fs on the drive but I'm quite unfamiliar with the fs commands. Is this the best approach? any gotcha's, etc? Can I do this with the second drive un-mounted? Anyone have any helpful examples of usage for rmfs and mkfs ? Thanks in advance... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
