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 >
