topic DELETE FILESYSTEM in Operating System - Linux

DELETE FILESYSTEM

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 07:59:28 GMT

Here is the output of my 'df':

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 11147884 7059044 3522552 67% /
/dev/sda2 50822584 1221080 47019860 3% /ASU
none 192568 0 192568 0% /dev/shm

I want to delete the /ASU ext3 partition and create a new /ASU xfs partition. I backed up the data to tape. How do I delete the active partition? I guess I'll use mkfs.xfs to create the new one, correct?

Re: DELETE FILESYSTEM

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:04:14 GMT

It probably would be a good idea to umount the filesystem first.

Then mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2

I don't do this very often though.

Technically you could do it all from the GUI but I understand why you might want to learn the command line.

Good Luck.

SEP

Re: DELETE FILESYSTEM

Alexander Chuzhoy — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:05:41 GMT

first you have to umount the partition:
umount /dev/sda2 /ASU

then just format the partition
mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2

then mount it back or to whatever directory you wish....

Re: DELETE FILESYSTEM

Paul Cross_1 — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:19:26 GMT

test your backups first!

Re: DELETE FILESYSTEM

Mobeen_1 — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 02:02:14 GMT

Robert,
I would suggest you follow the sequence below for deleting a partition and creating a new partition on the same

1. Backup the partition (You never know if
some one asks for it)

2. Unmount/Dismount the partition using the
command
umount /dev/sda2 /ASU

3. Format the partition using the command
line below
mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2

4. Mount the new partition
mount /dev/sda2

regards
Mobeen