/bckupdrv how big?

[wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org]

Quoting Chris Aitken <caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org>:

> wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >All of these things I mention you would do in fdisk.  I would even delete
> the
> >partition and the partition table from fdisk, if you can.  Start fdisk with
> the
> >command /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdb.  Use m to view your choices.  Knowing that,
> try
> >those steps again.
> >
> >
> Yeah, that's what I've been doing every time. I create with n, and
> save/exit with w. Where is the option to format?
>
> <snip>
>

Whoops, my fault; you can't format in fdisk.  I simply use mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdb1,
but that's for an ext3 filesystem.  If you use ext2, then use mkfs.ext2
/dev/hdb1.

Tom Watts
wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org

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