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07-03-2003 10:43 AM
07-03-2003 10:43 AM
format
for "format" in linux.presently i work in sun system.Pls help.
Thanks
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07-03-2003 12:10 PM
07-03-2003 12:10 PM
Re: format
So you must be talking about MS DOS command format, like in format a: to make 1.44 mb diskette.
You can use mkfs (man mkfs for info).
If you installed mtools (great package !) just type mformat, like in DOS !
hth
J
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07-03-2003 12:22 PM
07-03-2003 12:22 PM
Re: format
Pls explain what you mean by format,
what you want to format drive or floppy
or other device.
Caesar
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07-03-2003 07:30 PM
07-03-2003 07:30 PM
Re: format
if you are looking at that,
then fdisk is your friend on linux.
fdisk -l lists all all connected / identfied hard disks.
fdisk /dev/hda will enable you to partition / view/modify details of partitions on /dev/hda.
you need root access to all this. and after you create the partitions, you need to create a filesystem before you are able to access them.
hth
-balaji
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07-03-2003 11:28 PM
07-03-2003 11:28 PM
Re: format
So if format in sun is to work on HD,
so on linux you have fdisk for interactive
and sfdisk for commandline work on HD.
After you create a partition on the disk
and if the partition for simple storage (not for database and so on) then you must create
filesystem on the partiton with mkfs.
Caesar
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07-03-2003 11:36 PM
07-03-2003 11:36 PM
Re: format
fdisk/sfdisk for partitioning the HDD and
mkfs for filesystem creation.
hth.
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07-04-2003 04:35 AM
07-04-2003 04:35 AM
Re: format
For floppy diskette format
fdformat # read man fdformat
for formatting/patitioning harddisk
fdisk /dev/'your device hda,sda ...'
mkfs* # man -k mkfs
the above command man -k mkfs will point you to the many diferrent file system's you can have on you various device's
Hope You find some of this of use
Jean-Pierre