requesting help creating ext2 file

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 17:26 -0700, david c cooke wrote:
> Have existing HDD with old Fedora operating system
> that I made USB external for data backups.
> 
> If I have it on at boot time with the new FC5 machine,
> it can't handle and hangs the process.  I can't see it
> after boot.
> 
Don't have it on at boot time.
Instead, boot, then attach the USB drive.
Use fdisk to repartiton it so you eliminate the _probably_ conflicting
labels.
Finally, use mke2fs for each of the new partitions and you will be ready
to use it.


> Can I make an entry to /etc/fstab, like hdb or hdb2, to get the drive  in
> rw mode?  Probably format then partition the beast before installing a
> filing system, whatever type you think is best suited?
> 
The usb drive will show up as sda, not hda

> Thanks,
> David
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