[H-GEN] Formatting new HDD under Debian

[Christopher LeMoyne]

David Duffy wrote:

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> Hi there,
> I want to replace a corrupted hard disk on my Debian box.
> To format the new one, do I just do this?
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> mkfs -t ext3 -c /dev/hdc1
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> The new one is slotting into the same IDE spot as the old one.
> I've already unmounted the old one. (& removed from fstab too)
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> David...
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Hi David,

I've always used:

mke2fs -j /dev/hdc1

But yours would probably work too.  Since there's no data on it, and as 
long as you don't get the device name wrong, you have nothing to lose.  :-)

Regards,
Christopher LeMoyne