Knoppix > Copying files

[ZeroCool]

I booted from Knoppix and want to copy my files on hda1(NTFS) to hdb1(NTFS) how can I reformat hdb1 to fat32? I am a linux noob

any advice?

[Kasracer]

Does knoppix even come with NTFS support?

[ZeroCool]

Im reading my files off it now....

i could burn them but i really dont want to.. (20gigs)

i cant seem to make it format hdb1 with fat32 it just says
"auto"

i tried mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hdb1

[Kasracer]

Originally posted by ZeroCool
Im reading my files off it now....

i could burn them but i really dont want to.. (20gigs)

i cant seem to make it format hdb1 with fat32 it just says
"auto"

i tried mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hdb1

Perhaps try fdisking the partition, setting it to FAT32 and then formatting it? Do you have a Windows disk you could boot off of? You could always use Windows to format it.

[Danial]

Originally posted by kasracer
Does knoppix even come with NTFS support?

Yes it does.

[Lightning]

First you should copy the files from hdb1 --> hda1. This is easy. After that start a shell. type fdisk (it is the same command as DOS or Windows) Then change the drive to hdb1. It is a little difficult, but if you read the instructions ( man fdisk) you should be albe to work it out.