*nix - Format and mount a drive - ext4
Great little guide here:
Skullbox.net | Adding a Hard Drive in Linux
But before you format a drive with the ext3 file system, be aware that ext4 is now available, and if it's good enough for Google...
Computerworld | The best Linux file system of all?
Ext4 may not be available for mkfs on your system. I don't know about your system, but for CentOS 5, I did the following:
# yum provides "*/mkfs.ext4"
This asks yum to check which available packages provides ext4 support for mkfs:
e4fsprogs-1.41.9-3.el5.x86_64: Utilities for managing the fourth extended (ext4) filesystem Repo: base Matched from: Filename: /sbin/mkfs.ext4
I'll have that then!
# yum install e4fsprogs-1.41.9-3.el5.x86_64
DO NOT rely on this being the best and most up to date package - check yum. If you are concerned about the validity of some repositories, check out the priorities plugin for yum
But now you can format your disk with ext4
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/{drive}
Bonza. Time for a beer...
