February 2004
Beginner
200 pages
5h 40m
English
Disk-related operations like partitioning and formatting can be complex on Linux systems. Here are pointers to the programs you may need (start with their manpages).
| Partition a hard drive. Any of these programs will do: they simply have different user interfaces. |
| Format a hard disk, i.e., create a new filesystem. |
| Format a floppy disk. |