[linux-help] Re: formating a linux partition

["Matt Alexander" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't want to format the contents of the partition but rather DELETE the
whole thing. The partition was created when I installed Linux, it used disk
druid. It doesn't say what system the partition used.

I can't format it because it says it is not a supported partition type.


                                  -Matt Alexander

-----Original Message-----
From: ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Steven Saner
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 11:22 PM
To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [linux-help] Re: formating a linux partition

There is a difference between partitioning a drive and formating a
partition. I assumed that you used the Linux fdisk to create the
partition, and you successfully changed the type of the partition to
something like FAT16. If not, then go back and see about that.

Where it looks like you are going wrong is that you do not need to use
the DOS fdisk for anything. fdisk does not format a partition, it
creates and deletes partitions. You need to use the DOS program
"format" to actually format the partition.

Hopefully that gets you going. If not, you might send a list of the
partitions that you are trying to create and we can attempt more
complete advice.


On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 11:07:00PM -0500, Matt Alexander wrote:
> I have tried formatting a Linux partition (actually a dos partition [an
> extended partition] but partitioned by Linux) with dos's fdisk command but
> am having problems (figures doesn't it?).  When I tell it to format an
> extended partition, which it is, It tells me I can't partition it because
> logical partitions exist inside this ext. partition.  So when I try to
> delete those logical partitions it says "No logical Partitions defined".
> If you ask me, that's sorta' screwed up.
>
> Is there something I am doing wrong or is there another way that works?
>
>
>
> I used the word partition or a different tense of partition 10 times, not
> including the two time I just used it in this sentence.  :)
>
>
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