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--- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, "candrews" <candrews@y...> wrote:
\n> Alright folks, I just got around to purchasing a second drive for
\nmy
\n> SG20. I install a IBM travelstar 40GB next to the current 20GB,
\n> anyway I have the second drive setup as a slave via the dip
\nswitches
\n> and when I go to the second drive tool on the SG20 administration
\n> interface it says that the second drive is found but it has an
\n> invalid operating system on it followed by the typical all
\n> information will be erased if you proceed.
\n>
\n> I hit proceed and the unit goes to the screen where it asks if I
\n> would like this to be original storage space or backup space. I
\n> chose backup, at this point the SG20 says this may take a few
\n> seconds and than I get an endless that keeps flashing in progress
\n> but never finishes.
\n>
\n> Am I missing something? I know the drive is good because I have
\n> looked at it on my laptop. Should it take hours for this thing to
\n> format or should it happen fairly quickly?
\n>
\n> Lastly, is their a way from the command line to just format the
\n> drive myself? Commands would be useful as I am no guru on Linux...
\n>
\n> Any and all help would be appreciated.