Mariano Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Another question. I have a box with SuSE left and want to upgrade it > to debian. The box has now two hds and I want to keep the second drive > for the time beeing and after the new system is alive and kicking I will > format it. What do I need to do to get the drive formated and to install > a journaled file system?
Once you have the system installed, you can run /sbin/fdisk as root to (re)partition a hard drive (or cfdisk, or sfdisk apparently). Having partitioned, you also need to create a filesystem; the general invocation is to run /sbin/mkfs.(filesystem type) on the partition you care about. > What journaled file systems are mature enough to be used? reiserfs? I'm generally happy with ext3; since it's just a thin layer on top of ext2, stability is pretty good and the tools you care about (fsck :-) are already written. If your goal is just "avoid a long fsck when the system dies" ext3 is probably a fine pick, but if you have loftier goals like "happily support a single directory with tens of thousands of files" you might want to do independent research into your options. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
