how to create a new filesystem in free space avl in linux

[Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

>>>>> "vijaya" == VIJAYA BHASKAR GANAPATHY <gvbhas@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    vijaya> Hi I have an intel based system with 2gb hdd, i've
    vijaya> installed linux very recently now i would like add another
    vijaya> file system (i.e) user defined file system to or to
    vijaya> install a s/w on that f/s. how to get the free block devie
    vijaya> address from linux to create new f/s.

	If you have free, unpartitioned disk space just partition it
using fdisk and use that partition.  If you dont, then what is the
point?  fdisk will tell you what block device each partition is.  Once
you know the block device you can create a file system on it using
fsck and then mount the filesystem to some directory and then use it
like any other directory.  

	If none of this makes any sense read the installation and
getting started guide available at www.linuxdoc.org

prabhu

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