USB external harddisk

[Michael Yep]

To figure out the device it is on:

su
fdisk -l

then there should be a disk (with no partition table) that shows up most 
likely   /dev/sda

once you determine the correct device

fdisk /dev/sda

for just 1 big partition

n = new partition
p = primary
1 = partition 1
t = set type
l = list types, 83 = linux, 7 = fat32
w = write partition table

then for fat32

mkfs.msdos -F32 /dev/sda1

or linux

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1

Note there is a lot of different options you could pick, and many different 
ways to partition / format


At 11:09 AM 7/15/2004, you wrote:
  How can I format a disk which is not partitioned and not formatted?


Michael Yep
Development / Technical Operations
RemoteLink, Inc.
(630) 983-0072 x164