On 10/26/2010 08:42 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 19:04 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Palimpsest lists"
>
> EXT2,3,4, XFS, minix, NTFS, Swap, Empty, and Extended Partition
>
> So how do I do this as an LVM (and then put down the ext3
> partitions....).
>
The obvious answer would be by using another tool. What else do you
like using? Are you happy with using the command line?
I can use the command line when it is either something I use a lot (like
grep!) or I can copy and paste from instructions into a terminal window :)
I don't know of any other tools. I would use yumex to see what is in the
repo.
When you get there, I'd use a formatting option that does a
proper bad
block check, as well. It'll take ages, but it's better to find out that
you've got a bad drive before you start using it.
Smart gives the drive a thumbs up. Often the hardware of such devices
busily mask any bad blocks on the drive so you always come up clean.