Re: format partition

2003-03-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 03:18:10PM +0100, Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello All, > > > >Formatting under linux doesn't include checking the partition > >(Windoze > >does this everytime). > >For FAT32 the actual "formatting" takes about 2 Seconds. > >Maybe you _did_ > >format the partition b

RE: format partition

2003-03-18 Thread Goeman Stefan
Hello All, >Formatting under linux doesn't include checking the partition >(Windoze >does this everytime). >For FAT32 the actual "formatting" takes about 2 Seconds. >Maybe you _did_ >format the partition but expected it to take several minutes. > >Did you try and mount the partition?

Re: format partition

2003-03-18 Thread Michael Zech
Nicos Gollan wrote: On Tuesday 18 March 2003 13:41, Goeman Stefan wrote: I use following command: mkdosfs -F 32 -v /dev/hdc8 It prints something and then it stops without formatting the partition. What does it print? Formatting under linux doesn't include checking the partition (Windoze does

Re: format partition

2003-03-18 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 18 March 2003 13:41, Goeman Stefan wrote: > I use following command: mkdosfs -F 32 -v /dev/hdc8 > It prints something and then it stops without formatting the partition. What does it print? -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

format partition

2003-03-18 Thread Goeman Stefan
Hello All,   I am trying to format the last partition as a fat32 filesystem so that I can use it as a share between my WinNT OS (on /dev/sda) and linux. Formatting via WinNT does not seem to work therefore I am trying to do this in linux. So far, no success either. I use following comman