Partitioning and Formatting drives

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Partitioning and Formatting drives

• The easy way, using Knoppix live CD
• By Carl Weisheit

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Why use a Live CD to partition or format drives?

• GParted is a full featured program with an easy
  to use Graphical interface.
• CFDISK is a text based program for very old and
  slow systems that cant support a GUI.
• Both FREE programs can format in many file
  systems including NTFS.
• These Utilities are found on many Live Distros,
  such as KNOPPIX, UBUNTU, etc.

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Partitioning and Formatting drives

• Part 1 GPARTED

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Boot up normally with Knoppix CDand start the
Root Shell
Select root shell from penguin menu. The root
terminal will open. Type GPARTED and hit enter.
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This is GPARTED
Graphical representation of partitions
Partition list
Select run
This tab selects from multiple drives on system
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For detailed drive info
Select this tab
To get additional drive info
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To see a list of thechanges you are creating
Select this tab
To open a window that will list the changes you
will be making
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Basic functions are accessed at the top menu,
the icons or right clickingon a partition or
drive space for a submenu
Menu items
icons
Right click here for submenu
Right click here for submenu
submenu
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Selecting new from the submenu will allow you
to create a new primary, or logical partition
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Choose a file system and partition size and
select ADD
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We have created some partitions and are ready to
apply them
New partitions created
List of changes to be applied
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Select APPLY and you will get the are you sure?
box
Apply icon
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Select APPLY and GPARTED will make the changes
permanent!
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Partitioning and Formatting drives

• Part 2 CFDISK

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type knoppix 2 at the boot prompt to boot up in
text mode
Boot prompt for special boot options
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Type CFDISK at the prompt and the program will
begin
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This is CFDISK
Select partitions by using up and down arrow keys
select commands by left and right arrow keys and
hit enter
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Summary of available commands

• help print help screen
• new create new partition from free space
• delete delete selected partition
• print print partition table to screen or a
  file
• units select unit size (MB, sect, cyl)
• write write partition table to disk
• bootable toggle bootable flag on selected
  partition
• type change filesystem (fat, ntfs, ext3 and
  more)
• quit quit program
• maximize maximize disk usage (experts only)

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Lets create a partitionselect a free space and
new
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Choose primary or logical
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Select the size of the partition
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Choose your file system
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This is the first page of file systems available!
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This is the second page of file systems available!
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You can make thepartition bootable
Boot flag indicator
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Select write to make changes permanent
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type yes to theare you sure?
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Select quit and then shutdown
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THE END

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