Step by Step Format Linux partition ext3 on Linux Fedora USB hard disk

Open X Terminal Shell on Fedora 10

   The step by step example below show you how to open Linux shell terminal on Fedora 10 desktop.  The X terminal is what they call for Linux shell terminal inside the Graphical Interface User Desktop.  What the X terminal for??? Yup... when you are in Linux desktop environment (GUI Desktop) everything that you done is by the click of your mouse... but what if the you need to execute Linux command? but in the same time, not leaving the Linux Desktop that you are currently in... there... the X Terminal comes in rescue... open X Terminal and start type in your Linux command.

Check USB hard disk drive name auto detect on Fedora system

   Why we need to check USB hard disk drive name that detect on the system? When we plug in USB disk on the Fedora system, the automount will mount the USB disk automatically.... but if we boot the Fedora system not using the GUI mode, just login to text base shell... this time in order to use the USB disk on the Linux Fedora system, we must specify the USB disk drive name to mount the USB disk drive.  The step by step procedure below show the most basic way to check USB hard disk drive name detect by the Fedora system.

Check and list partition on USB hard disk drive using fdisk command

   The step by step article below, use the fdisk -l command to list the partitions available on the USB hard disk drive.  The example below show the fdisk command that show the list of partition available and the new USB hard disk drive that have no partition... if you have new USB hard disk, you may need to partitioning and then formatting the hard disk in order to mount and use the hard disk. 

Step by step procedure to Partition Hard Disk on Linux Fedora using fdisk command

   The step by step example below use fdisk command to make new partition on new external USB hard disk.  The example below show step by step partitioning hard disk drive using fdisk command on Linux Fedora. The aim from this fdisk command is to make new partition on 40 G external USB hard disk.  Make sure you login as root user or use the su command, otherwise you may not be able to run certain command that show in the example below.

Step by step to open and check USB disk on Fedora Linux, and open and check USB disk on Windows XP

Reset Change root Password on Fedora 10

How to Make and Use External USB Hard Disk on Windows and Linux Fedora

   To make external USB disk or external hard disk portable between Linux and Windows operating system, we need to partition and then formatting the external USB hard disk using vfat filesystem.  The step by step command example below show the procedure and command to format the external USB hard disk using vfat filesystem with mkfs command to make USB hard disk can be use on Linux and Windows system. 

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Change Linux Partition System ID on Linux Fedora system

   The step by step below show the use of fdisk tool to change Linux partition system id or Linux system type id to Windows partition type Id. The example below show that the Linux hard disk partition or Linux default partition type Id 83 System Linux, change to Windows partition type Id c System W95 FAT32 (LBA)

!.  Make sure that you have empty hard Disk Drive to work with.  The procedure below may remove/delete all data inside the disk.

Step by step setup to install or adding software package from Fedora 10 installation DVD