On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 10:41:41PM +0000, Dave Selby wrote: > I have since moved debian to an 80GB drive hda. > I want hdb to be a single linux partition I can use to archive data. > > I used linux fdisk to remove all partitions on hdb, I then created one > partition on hdb, ie hdb1 taking up the entire disk. > > I ran mkfs.ex2 /dev/hdb1 > > All AOK > Except when I mount it and go into the directory I get .....
Mounted as read-only or read-write? > debian:/mnt# cd archive/ > debian:/mnt/archive# ls [windows installation] > ie my windows directory !!! I dont undestand .. > I cd to /mnt/archive, ie hdb1 > > rm -rf * > > rm: cannot unlink `Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft > Shared/Stationery/Santa Workshop.gif': Read-only file system [...] > Im stuck guys. I have tried e2fsck, it check out aok but somehow I am stuck > with a corrupted DOS directory which I can not clear ?? How is /dev/hdb1 mounted? Read-only? > I need an equiverlant of a DOS format command I think, the nearest I can find > is fdformat but this is only for floppy disks. What I've always used is cfdisk followed by mke2fs. > Any ideas how I can wipe my hdb disk clean ?? # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
