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Some Easy Questions ??????

i have linux redhat9.0
I Know That The Purpose Of The File /etc/rc.d/rc.local Is That You Just Enter Some Commands In It And These Commands Will Be Execute After The Booting Process Of Linux.

If I Put
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows
this command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
then my c: (Drive) will be mounted each time when i start linux.

I want that
when i boot my linux then it will terminate or formate my d: (hda5)
each time when linux start.
so for that i must put the command
mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows
In rc.local
now what is the next command to format or completely delete the partition hda5 or D:

If You Dont Know About This Stupidity
Then Just Tell Me The Process Of Formating any vfat drive from linux redhat 9.0

thanxxxxxxxxx you all

pYrania

it highly depends on the filesystem you want to format the partition with

for ext3 use the following:
mke2fs -j /dev/hda5
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows

for vfat you might use:
mkfs -t vfat /dev/hda5
mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows

owensleftfoot

parted -s rm /dev/hda5 will delete the hda5 partition.

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pYrania

maybe he hasn't heard about tmpfs yet.

Gns

Might be it. Hopefully we'll get to know though.

-- Glenn

rdoctane

mkfs.vfat -F FAT-size

if you dont specify it'll give you 12 or 16 bit...if you want fat32, you have to specify it

~joe~