/bckupdrv how big?

[Chris Aitken]

Ivan Avery Frey wrote:

> As I was observing this thread I saw how confused you were about the 
> procedure for making using of a hard disk. 

Yeah. I guess the only "problem" was that I didn't really understand the 
steps. I'll bet it all started by not marking /bckupdrv to be formatted 
when I install FC - though I'm not sure.

> If I had caught sight of this earlier I would have intervened earlier.

Well, I learned a lot.

>
> To summarize:
>
> 1) Partition the hard disk. BTW, there is a gui frontend to parted 
> called qtparted.
>
> 2) Create filesystems in the partitions you have created in step 1. 
> This is also known as formatting. Parted will allow you to do this.
>
> 3) Mount the filesystems.
>
> Parted (a partitionmagic like utility) is a very powerful piece of 
> software, but it does take time to understand its commands.
>
> I once used cfdisk but it wouldn't let me make the extended partition 
> bootable; I installed lilo in my extended partition and only fdisk 
> allowed me at the time to make the extended partition bootable.

Thanks for the explanation.

Chris

>
> Ivan. 


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