Creating new filesystem

[Del26]

Would like some help creating a new filesystem from 10 Gig of unused drivespace. Do I use cfdisk, fdisk or something else?

[scott_R]

either, depending on your experience with creating partitions. Fdisk pretty much works the same as the windows version. Cfdisk is mostly a prettier version of the same thing.

For you however, assuming you had to ask this question in the first place, you might be more comfortable with whatever partitioner your distribution came with, which should be in your manual somewhere around the installation section.

These programs, being what they are, should not be taken lightly. You can very easily erase your system if you don't pay attention, or understand how they work. On the other hand, if you spend a little time reading the instructions and thinking things through, these can be the easiest to use, as they don't change often, so you don't have to relearn how to use them as often as you might another program, and you can use them with an emergency boot disk.

So, for speed and ease, use whatever partitioner came with your distro. After you achieve your goals, though, check into fdisk and cfdisk, in case you need them in an emergency.

[Strike]

cfdisk and fdisk do NOT create filesystems, though they ARE the first step in creating new filesystems. A filesystem must reside on a partition (or logical volume if you use LVM), and once your partitions are made, you run the appropriate program to make a filesystem (like mkxfs or mkreiserfs or mke2fs)