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How to format a slave HD with Ubuntu

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 I have successfully installed Ubunto 7.?? on a 8 gb HD. Yeah!! Now I have installed a 40 gig slave harddrive that I want to format or wipe. I don't need anything on it. I am new to this O/S and need a little help!!.

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

Easiest way with a graphical interface is probably to use gparted. I
think you will need to install it first. Open a terminal
(apps-accessories) and run

sudo apt-get install gparted

Give your password when asked. Nothing shows when typing it so don't worry.

After it's installed run it with

sudo gparted

In order to format a drive it has to be unmounted so use the options
under partition (I think) to unmount the one you want to format. After
that it's pretty self-explanatory. If not, post back.

Hope that helps.

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

Oh, one correction. Run gparted with

gksudo gparted

It's a better option for graphical apps.

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Robert (rbarr-trosainc) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get install gparted

cara@Cara-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install gparted
[sudo] password for cara:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gparted is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 147 not upgraded.
cara@Cara-desktop:~$

OK..this is what happened..I can't find the program and I don't yet know what "sudo" is!

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zsobin (zacksobin) said : 		#4

That means that gparted is already installed, and did not need to be installed. You can go to the next step. sudo is a command you can put before any other command. It means "pseudo", or fake root privileges (without being logged in as username root). In short, you type sudo before typing any command that requires administrator privileges if you aren't logged in as root. After removing the windows partition and creating an ext3 partition with gparted you will still need to format the partition.

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#5

Okay, didn't know it was installed by default. No worries. Just run gparted and format the drive as you like. Sudo is the key to managing Ubuntu. Read more about it here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo.

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Robert (rbarr-trosainc) said : 		#6

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.