Brief background:
WD 30GB HDD
- one primary (~7.5gb)
- one extended( the rest of drive)
inside the extended is:
- one logical (~7gb for win2k)
- one logical (~5gb for linux)
- one logical (~2gb - current unformatted)
- one logical (~128mb for linux swap)
- one logical (~6.5gb for data - fat32)
I've listed these partitons exactly as they appear in order on the disk (1-3600 cylinders). Because of this order, windows calls XP the C: drive, 2k the D: drive, and the data part the F: drive. When I first partitioned, I left 7gb for linux. I realized I would not need this much and wish to have another 2gb data partition.
The Disk Manager sees this partition. Can I format from disk manager? I saw an option to and clicked it. It began to start, but then mentioned something about making changes to the MBR. I had no intentions of making this a bootable partition and didnt know why disk manager made that assumption, so I canceled.
Then, I tried booting w/ win98 floppy and doin format from command prompt. In command prompt, my 6.5gb data partition is labeled E: instead of F:. I figured that due to the placement on the disk of the desired unformated partition (before current data part) that what I would want to do is a
a:\> format e:. Thank god I checked the content before hand!
I almost said "y" to to the format.
Ok, in short, how do I fat32 format this partition? Sorry for long post, I just figured I be prompted for this info anyway.