1. check your connected harddrives sudo fdisk -l 2. if the harddisk you like to format is called /dev/sdb than open fdisk with this parameter: sudo fdisk /dev/sdb 3. with p you can print the actual partition table and with d delete 4. creating a new partiontable: type n and follow the wizard 5. type w to write it to disk 6. use mkfs to format the partition example: sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 follow the wizard

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How to make a partition and format a Harddisk with Linux?

1. check your connected harddrives sudo fdisk -l 2. if the harddisk you like to format is called /dev/sdb than open fdisk with this parameter: sudo fdisk /dev/sdb 3. with p you can print the actual partition table and with d delete 4. creating a new partiontable: type n and follow the wizard 5. type w to write it to disk 6. use mkfs to format the partition example: sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 follow the wizard 07.12.13

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