Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-22 Thread Robert Epprecht
steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> Robert Epprecht wrote: >> >>> Excuse this probably very stupid question, >>> but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... >>> and can mount it without problems as >>> /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
steef wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Robert Epprecht wrote: Excuse this probably very stupid question, but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... I've got my first external usb hd which one? and can mount it without problems as /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-22 Thread steef
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Robert Epprecht wrote: Excuse this probably very stupid question, but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... I've got my first external usb hd which one? and can mount it without problems as /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386).

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Epprecht
"Basajaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thank you for answering. > BTW, I have the idea that cfdisk is "better" than fdisk, > although I am so accustomed to fdisk that I always use it. Same for me. I have tried cfdisk, but have seen at least two hard-disks which I could not partition with cfdisk,

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Robert Epprecht wrote: Excuse this probably very stupid question, but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... I've got my first external usb hd which one? and can mount it without problems as /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386). It's formatted as vfat and

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-20 Thread Basajaun
Robert Epprecht wrote: > Excuse this probably very stupid question, > but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers :^) > I've got my first external usb hd and can mount it without problems as > /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (ker

partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-20 Thread Robert Epprecht
Excuse this probably very stupid question, but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... I've got my first external usb hd and can mount it without problems as /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386). It's formatted as vfat and I want to keep a small vfat partition but