[TriLUG] Thanksfor all the responses to my backup question...

[dsandif]

Sorry, "Overwrite"   ...... :-)
Alan Porter wrote:

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>> you need to run:
>> /sbin/mkfs.ext3   /dev/sdb1
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>> and this will convert your external hard drive from fat32 to ext3.
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> Just a clarification...
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> The word 'convert' is misleading here.  There's no
> conversion about it.  This command will overwrite your
> existing FAT filesystem.
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> Alan
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