new guy checking in has new problem(s)

[Jimmy Montague]

I tried to do as you said. I got gparted to delete the old partitions
and create a single new partition formatted ext3. Problem is the new
partition has a folder in it called lost+found. It takes up 10g of space
and I can't delete it. So my 80g drive is now a 70 g drive.

I can't change the name of the drive or the mount point. gparted simply
doesn't offer me the option of doing either.

Advice?

And thanks very much for your patience

On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 18:08 +0000, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
> gparted should allow you to format to ext3 or reiserfs as desired.
> 
> You need to create a directory where the device will be mounted (no drive letters here).
> 
> sudo mkdir /media/<whatever-you-want>
> 
> tell gparted to mount the new disk at the above location and away you go.
> 
> No disk label is needed.  Similarly no swap or boot partitions if you don't intend to boot.
> 
> When you get cocky, you can simply edit /etc/fstab, but check man fstab first.
> 
> Paul
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Jimmy Montague <rhetoric102 at iowatelecom.net>
> > Thanks for all the help, everyone. I did the "sudo apt-get install
> > gparted" trick (courtesy Ulin the Tech Mage) and it worked very nicely.
> > 
> > I was able to delete those evil Windoze partitions on hdc. Now I have
> > another problem -- 
> > 
> > I can't for the life of me figure out how to reformat the drive so
> > Ubuntu will allow me to mount it. Something about a "mount point" and a
> > disk label. Then there's the fact that I don't know how to set up a
> > partition if I don't intend to boot from the drive. Do I still need a
> > "swap" partition and a "boot" sector?
> > 
> > And which is the first thing that has to come first?
> > 
> > 8-) Yeesh! an' all that sh_t 8-(
> > 
> > And thanks again for the apt-get solution.
> > 
> > jimmythewriter
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 17:33 +0000, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: Steven Davies-Morris <sdavmor at systemstheory.net>
> > > > Jimmy Montague wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Right now I need some help with hdd administration. My system has 3
> > > > >  hdds: I have two 80-gig ide Western Digitals. One is Master on the
> > > > >  primary strap; the other is Master on the secondary strap. The
> > > > > third drive is an 80-gig Maxtor mounted externally via USB.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ubuntu formatted the WD on the primary strap. It is hda. Ubuntu did
> > > > > NOT format either of the other two drives. The master on the
> > > > > secondary strap is still formatted NTFS. So is the Maxtor. I want
> > > > > EVERYTHING formatted Linux, in whatever fashion you guys think is
> > > > > best.
> > > > > 
> > > > > How can I do that?
> > > > 
> > > > I presume that you're running Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 (rather than Kubuntu
> > > > or Xubuntu). And I presume that you've already got anything that you
> > > > wanted off the two NTFS drives. :-)
> > > > 
> > > > I'm very partial to GParted. A very good tool much like Partition
> > > > Magic under Windows that you might want to have in your bag of tricks.
> > > > 
> > > > Go here to download the CD ISO image (0.3.7.7):
> > > > <http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php>
> > > > 
> > > > Reboot with it in place and use it to delete the partitions on the two
> > > > NTFS drives and replace them with whatever you're using for Ubuntu,
> > > > which is probably ext3 (the default).
> > > > 
> > > > HTH...and welcome aboard.
> > > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Since the two remaining drives are separate disks,
> > > 
> > > sudo apt-get install gparted
> > > 
> > > will install gparted which can then be run from within your installed distro.
> > > 
> > > Make sure you format hdb and hdc, not hda!!!
> > > Paul
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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