Setting up a blank partition for use in Linux
Formatting a partition in Linux
- sudo mkfs -V -t ext3 /dev/hda6
- -V = verbose
- -t = file system type
Mount the partition to an existing node in the file directory
- sudo mount -o rw /dev/hda6 /media/cda
Change the owner of the file directory so it can be written
- sudo chown -R [userid] /media/cda
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