[ILUG] 200gb drive Help needed

[John Allen]

On Sunday 18 April 2004 10:24, Frank Murphy wrote:
> I've just installed a 200gb Maxtor ata133 in the FC1 box (file server).
> Picked up by the bios no problem.
> Can also be seen in Hardware Browser
>
> What are the recommended Partition sizes in Linux?
> I would like 2x100gb if possible. (hdb1 & hdb2)
>
> And most importantly how do I accomplish it
> I would need a walk through from the beginning (format etc.)
>
> And so I can help others in the future (Windows ppl),
> is there a point & click way of doing it?
>

Run diskdruid, select hdb, partition it, select file system type, format it.

That won't be of any use to Windows people though.

> Frank

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