Re: Formatting drive

Hello, Peter Allen: > You can either run dos fdisk, or you can run linux fdisk/cfdisk, and > change the partition type, then finally running mkfs -t msdos /dev/ > on it. I've heard it recommended to use the relevant fdisk for creating partitions - ie use the DOS fdisk for creating a DOS parti

Re: Formatting drive

You can either run dos fdisk, or you can run linux fdisk/cfdisk, and change the partition type, then finally running mkfs -t msdos /dev/ on it. Peter Allen Andrew Ivanov wrote: > > Hi all. > I have a hard drive with ext2 fs on it, and I need to reformat it to put > wi

Re: Formatting drive

Andrew Ivanov wrote: > Hi all. > I have a hard drive with ext2 fs on it, and I need to reformat it to put > windows on it. > How can I accomplish it? > (Its invisible to dos, so I can not format it from there) Is there a > command like that in linux? > TIA, > Andrew I'm sorry. :-( Run DOS/Win's

Formatting drive

Hi all. I have a hard drive with ext2 fs on it, and I need to reformat it to put windows on it. How can I accomplish it? (Its invisible to dos, so I can not format it from there) Is there a command like that in linux? TIA, Andrew