cbagger01
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Posted: June 16 2004,21:54 |
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Please don't interpret this as an insult, but after reaching this stumbling block, I would consider using a DOS/Win9x boot disk to do your formatting.
Create a bootable floppy disk via format /S A:
Then copy FDISK and FORMAT to the floppy disk. The files should be located in C:\DOS , C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM , or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32.
Then boot up your floppy and use FDISK to create the partition and FORMAT to format it as FAT16 or FAT32 (If you have Win95OSR2 or WIN98 FAT32 is allowed).
I am sure that you can eventually get a vfat/dosfs format util up and running on your Linux system but for me I am too impatient so I go to plan "B" instead.
A Plan "C" option is to get a recent copy of KNOPPIX and boot from the CDROM.
After booting, open up an XTerminal and type in:
sudo su
passwd
(Enter a password for the 'root' account here)
exit
exit
Then choose QTParted from the KDE menu. Type in your recently created 'root' password when prompted. Then use the QTParted GUI to create your new partition and format it. You can even resize most existing partitions with very little trouble.
Good Luck.
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