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Old 01-21-2007, 10:34 AM   #1
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Cool "Format" command in Linux

Dear Friends ,

In widows platform I use the FORMAT command for deletingor formatting a drive/partition . In linux (Redhat) Platform what will be the command for regarding this purpose .

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Old 01-21-2007, 10:39 AM   #2
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newfs is the equivalent.
 
Old 01-21-2007, 11:13 AM   #3
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Check also mkfs .
 
Old 01-21-2007, 02:59 PM   #4
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And.....
to delete or add partitions: fdisk
 
  


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