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====Formatting your USB drive====

====Formatting your USB drive====

=====ext3=====

=====ext3=====

Copied with slight changes from [[Affa#Alternatively_setup_a_USB_drive]]

<ol></li><li>Copied with slight changes from [[Affa#Alternatively_setup_a_USB_drive]]

# Connect a USB hard disk to the USB Bus. Now you must determine what device the kernel has assigned to the drive. View the /var/log/message and search for ''Initializing USB Mass Storage driver''. A few lines below you'll find the name of the device. In this example it is ''sdc''. Replace ''/dev/sdc'' by ''your device'' in following instructions.

</li><li>Connect a USB hard disk to the USB Bus. Now you must determine what device the kernel has assigned to the drive. View the /var/log/message and search for ''Initializing USB Mass Storage driver''. A few lines below you'll find the name of the device. In this example it is ''sdc''. Replace ''/dev/sdc'' by ''your device'' in following instructions.

# Use the fdisk program to create a linux partition<br><code># fdisk /dev/sdc</code><br>You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdc1''.

Use the fdisk program to create a linux partition

# Now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem<br><code>mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1</code>

fdisk /dev/sdc

# Make the mount point<br><code># mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice</code>

You'll most likely find an existing vfat dos partition, which you have to delete first. In the following we assume, that you have created a single partition ''/dev/sdc1''.

# Customize /etc/fstab as shown here: [[USBDisks#Customizing_fstab|Customizing fstab]]

</li><li>Now format the drive with an ext3 filesystem

# Mount the drive<br><code>mount /mnt/affadevice</code>

mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sdc1

# Crosscheck your work using the df command<br><code># df</code>

</li><li>Make the mount point

mkdir -p /mnt/affadevice

</li><li>Customize /etc/fstab as shown here: [[USBDisks#Customizing_fstab|Customizing fstab]]

</li><li>Mount the drive

mount /mnt/affadevice

</li><li>Crosscheck your work using the df command

df</li></ol>

=====vfat=====

=====vfat=====