On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 04:12 +0000, Thufir wrote: > mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sdb0 > mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sdb1 > > to format the boot and swap, respectively? "mkswap" to make a swap partition. Using volume labels? Read the mkswap man file to see how to make a volume label at the same time. Don't trust me, but I did: mkswap -c -L drivename-swap /dev/sdb7 The "-c" checks the drive for errors as it goes along. I did the same with formatting the main partitions, since suffering drive problems in the past. I'd rather find out about problems while setting up a drive, rather than while trying to use the OS. I have a box with two drives, and two OSs, so I gave each drive a name (individualised where I wrote "drivename"), to make it easy to use labels without name clashes. mkfs.ext3 -c -v -L drivename/home /dev/sdb2 The "-v" gave me more information while it did its business. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
