example create a partition on sda 1. list your drives and partitions # fdisk -l 2. open fdisk for the drive sda # fdisk /dev/sda 3. select n for new 4. select p for primery 5. follow the wizard 6. select w for write 7. it created sda1 and we now use mkfs to format it with the filesystem ext3 # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/fdisk_partitioning.html

how to make a partition and format in linux?

example create a partition on sda 1. list your drives and partitions # fdisk -l 2. open fdisk for the drive sda # fdisk /dev/sda 3. select n for new 4. select p for primery 5. follow the wizard 6. select w for write 7. it created sda1 and we now use mkfs to format it with the filesystem ext3 # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 07.12.13

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/fdisk_partitioning.html

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