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Figure 11-2. gfloppy
Insert a diskette and change the settings in gfloppy to suit your needs; then click Format. The status
box will appear on top of the main window, showing you the status of formatting and verification (see
Figure 11-3). Once complete, you can eject the diskette and close gfloppy.
Figure 11-3. gfloppy Status Box
11.1.3.2. Using
mke2fs
The command is used to create a Linux ext2 file system on a device such as a hard drive
mke2fs
partition or (in this case) a diskette. essentially formats the device and creates an empty,
mke2fs
Linux-compatible device which can then be used for storing files and data.
Insert your diskette into the drive and issue the following command at a shell prompt:
/sbin/mke2fs /dev/fd0
On Linux systems, refers to the first diskette drive. If your computer has more than one
/dev/fd0
diskette drive, your primary diskette drive is , your second , and so on.
/dev/fd0 /dev/fd1
The utility has a number of options. The option makes the command check the
mke2fs -c mke2fs
device for bad blocks before creating the file system. The other options are covered in the
mke2fs
man page.
Once you have created an ext2 file system on the diskette, it is ready to be used with your Red Hat
Enterprise Linux system.