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>5. Format the new disk</A
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>Use the following command to format Linux partitions using ext2fs on the new disk:
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>mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb1</PRE
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>To check the disk for bad blocks (physical defects), add the
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>-c</TT
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>/dev/hdb1</TT
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>If the new disk will have more than one Linux partition, format the
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other partitions with <B
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>mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb2</B
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>mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb3</B
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>, and so on. Add the
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>-c</TT
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>Note: </B
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>mkfs -t ext2 -c /dev/hdb1</B
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didn't check for bad blocks under any of Red Hat, Debian or
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Slackware, contrary to what the man page stated. This has now been
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fixed.</P
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>To format a swap partition, use this command:
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>mkswap /dev/hdb1</PRE
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>Again, you can add the <TT
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>-c</TT
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> option before
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<TT
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