new harddrives - how to format?

[42_A_Psycho]

hello!

yesterday i have installed fedora core 4 and its the first time i use some kind of linux.

i use fedora and win xp together. (partitions hda1,hda2,.... for fedora,swap,root, win xp..)

now my problem:

i have a s-ata-controller, and both harddrives are still running as ntfs, now i want to use them in fedora.
i know i have to format both drives and i have to mount them.

i want to use them as hdi (hdi1) and hdj (hdj1) (hdc .. hdh are other ide-harddrives still running for win xp ) in hardware-browser i can see both drives as /dev/sda and /dev/sdb can i mount them as hdi and hdj or have i to use sda and sdb?



when i use the command "cfdisk ..." or "fdsik" or "mke2fs ..." terminal says command not found

how can i format my harddrives?


best regards, sascha, germany

[PabloEscobar]

Sata drives are recognized by Linux as sd* drives.
To format : get a fine tool in FC like gparted (Gnome) or qtparted (KDE)- it's a GUI for parted - You can easily format or repartition the drives from there.
Check twice before making changes to a partition that You're doing the changes to the right one :)

[42_A_Psycho]

i´m using gnome.
where can i find gparted? i´have used the "server installation"

best regards

[PabloEscobar]

f.e. here :)
http://www.raoul.shacknet.nu/fc-rpms/

[42_A_Psycho]

it doesnt work; a lot of packages are missing, f.e. gtkmm24 or a lot of lib*.....

[PabloEscobar]

Don't do "rpm -Uvh"
use
yum locainstall packagename.rpm
instead :)

[42_A_Psycho]

[root@localhost Psycho]# yum localinstall gtkmm24.rpm
Setting up Local Package Process
Cannot open file: gtkmm24.rpm. Skipping.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost Psycho]#



??

[PabloEscobar]

yum localinstall gnomebakerversion.rpm
and make sure You have Livna repo enabled.

[42_A_Psycho]

[root@localhost Psycho]# yum localinstall gnomebakerversion.rpm
Setting up Local Package Process
Cannot open file: gnomebakerversion.rpm. Skipping.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost Psycho]#


and whta te hell is Livna repo? you have to know: i am a big n00b! its my second day with linux, i know NOTHING.

...maybe there is an easy way to format my drives? ;-)

best regards, sascha, germany

[jowah]

How to install GParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/): As root, issue this command:
yum -y install gpartedHow to install QTParted (http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/):
yum -y install qtpartedChoose one of them to use and be *very* careful when using either of them. Sadly, neither program has any good documentation, but at least the user interface reminds of the Disk Manager in Windows.

I have a s-ata-controller, and both harddrives are still running as ntfs, now I want to use them in fedora. I know I have to format both drives and I have to mount them.Yep. The process is
Re-partition the disks. (Using gparted)
"Format" them, ie create Linux filesystems on them. (Also done using gparted)
Mount them somewhere and use them.
I want to use them as hdi (hdi1) and hdj (hdj1) (hdc .. hdh are other ide-harddrives still running for win xp ) in hardware-browser I can see both drives as /dev/sda and /dev/sdb can I mount them as hdi and hdj or have i to use sda and sdb?You have to use /dev/sda* and /dev/sdb* to refer to the partition(s) on them.

Now, before you go and muck things up, we will need to see your current disk setup. Cut and paste the outpout of this command into a new message:fdisk -l

[42_A_Psycho]

hello!

[root@localhost Psycho]# fdisk -l
bash: fdisk: command not found
[root@localhost Psycho]#


??


best regards

[jowah]

You need to "log in fully" as root. In other words, use this:
su -and not just "su". That's "su" followed by a space and then a hyphen/minus sign. That will get you a session where the proper paths for the root account are setup.