Use the following command to format Linux partitions using ext2fs on the new disk:
To check the disk for bad blocks (physical defects), add the
-c option just before
/dev/hdb1.
If the new disk will have more than one Linux partition, format the
other partitions with mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb2,
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb3, and so on. Add the
-c
option if desired.
Note: With older distributions, the command
mkfs -t ext2 -c /dev/hdb1
didn't check for bad blocks under any of Red Hat, Debian or
Slackware, contrary to what the man page stated. This has now been
fixed.
To format a swap partition, use this command:
Again, you can add the -c option before
/dev/hdb1 to check for bad blocks.