> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-config-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-config-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Otto Haliburton > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:47 AM > To: 'Discussions about configuration tool development' > Subject: RE: partition tool > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-config-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-config-list- > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Haran Shivanan > > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 8:36 PM > > To: fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: partition tool > > > > On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 13:30 -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > I am interested in knowing what you were trying to do that parted or > > > fdisk > > > could not do for you? > > Well, when I first tried to mount it (via an external USB 2.0 casing), > > it told me it didn't recognize the filesystem. I had to divide it into > > partitions and give them all filesystems. > > It's not so much that fdisk and parted couldn't handle the task, its > > just that for someone completely clueless about disk management (myself, > > for example), it would have been nice to have a graphical tool to walk > > me through the process. OTOH, I did learn something about how all these > > things work, so thats something. > > Well, that is about the max you get. Probably not worth it, to do a > graphical interface since once you learn what you need to do it is easy. > But I suppose someone out there might want to do it sometimes in the > distant > future. Hasn't been done by now so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on > it. > > > > 2nd I hope you were not trying to do a low level > > > format on your new 200gb disk. > > Um, no. Although, out of curiosity, is there anything wrong with doing > > that (other than the ridiculous amount of time it would take)? > > > yes you would render your disk useless!!!!!!!!!. Just have to take it > back > to where you got it and get a new one.. BTW, there is a difference between a low level format and formatting a disk partition. -- Fedora-config-list mailing list Fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list