This tutorial explains how to format a hard drive in Linux using the standard commands fdisk, mkfs, and fsck. The procedure described can be used either to format a secondary hard drive or to format a drive prior to system installation
Preparation
Step1
When you format a computer hard drive, you will lose everything that is on the drive. Therefore it is very important to back up anything you might later want.
Step2
In order to format a secondary drive you will need root access. All commands used in this tutorial are run from a …