how to format a drive

[Gabriel Dragffy]

OOzy Pal wrote:
> On 3/9/07, Carsten Aulbert <carsten at welcomes-you.com> wrote:
>> OOzy Pal wrote:
>>
>>> which is my kubuntu? Is there a significant difference?
>> I don't get the question. What are you trying to do?
>>
>> with mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 you will format the first partition of the
>> second (SCSI/SATA) drive with the filesystem ext3. Everything on this
>> partition will be gone afterwards.
>>
>> I don't know what is on which partition you have and what you want to do.
>>
>> Carsten
>>
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> 
> I mean what is the diff btw ext3, ex2, xfs, and reiserfs? Is Kunbuntu
> ext3 or ex2, etc?


Kubuntu can be installed on any of them. They are different filesystems 
and all have advantages and disadvantages. I'd personally recommend ext3.