[linux-help] Re: formating a linux partition

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, my bad. You should be able to use the Linux fdisk to delete the
partition. I am not familiar with disk druid.


On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 11:32:33PM -0500, Matt Alexander wrote:
> 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
> 
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> 
> 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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