Format and mount harddrive

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Format and mount harddrive
started by: marit

Posted by marit on Aug. 24 2006,19:22

Hi,
I'm a newbie to DSL (and linux as well). I just installed DSL on my old laptop that previous had XP installed.

Problem 1:
Before I installed DSL I got some help erase the map to the harddrive and made 3 partition and installed DSL on hda1. My problem now is that I have no clue how to format the two other disk. How can I reformat hda2 and hda3?

Problem 2:
As DSL runs now it sets:
Hda1 -> Cdrom
Home -> /ramdisk/home - which means that I lose every thing when I reboot the maskin (hardware configurations as well)
How do I fix this?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 25 2006,00:07

1: Formatting can be done with mke2fs /dev/blah for ext2.
There's also a bunch that can be done with mkfs*. You could type mk <tab> <tab> to see some (not all are for formatting though).

2: I'm assuming you used a frugal installation.
"How do I fix this?" <-- I suppose you mean how you lose everything after boot? Please read the first page that pops up under dillo or the wiki on backup/restore procedures. You could also look into a persistent home partition.