On 10/26/2010 08:42 PM, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 19:04 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Palimpsest lists" >> >> EXT2,3,4, XFS, minix, NTFS, Swap, Empty, and Extended Partition >> >> So how do I do this as an LVM (and then put down the ext3 >> partitions....). >> > > The obvious answer would be by using another tool. What else do you > like using? Are you happy with using the command line? > I can use the command line when it is either something I use a lot (like grep!) or I can copy and paste from instructions into a terminal window :) I don't know of any other tools. I would use yumex to see what is in the repo. > When you get there, I'd use a formatting option that does a proper bad > block check, as well. It'll take ages, but it's better to find out that > you've got a bad drive before you start using it. Smart gives the drive a thumbs up. Often the hardware of such devices busily mask any bad blocks on the drive so you always come up clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines