On 07/27 10:48 , Mike Miller wrote: > http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/koma-comic-strip-defeating-the-computer-overlord.jpg Except that fsck only checks the consistency of the filesystem. mkfs.ext4 (or whatever your preferred FS is) actually 'formats' the disk in the Windows sense. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com