Re: Adding disk

	Of course you can format an unmounted disk. You can't have R/W access, but you can format it.
	$ fdisk -l  (small L)
	[you see partition table]

	$ mkfs /dev/sdb3
	[you should know what to do next]

	In case it's been formatted... You know you're going to lose what is there after you format it, don't you?

	Good luck,
-- 
	Luciano Espirito Santo
	Santos - SP - Brasil

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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Adding disk
>From: Joel Massey <[email protected]>

>You have to mount it first....    You can't access an unmounted disk.
>
>--- Chris Swenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I have not broken anything yet but I am about to, so I figured I would ask the 
>question first.
>
>I am adding a disk to my system.  The disk may have been previously formatted 
>with NT.  I checked /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and the disk is there.
>
>Do I first do a mount /dev/sdb3  /newdisk
>Then run mkfs
>Or do I mkfs and then mount it.

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