Topic: [SOLVED] Can only format new partition in ntfs or reiser4
I have a Dell dimension which had two 160Gb SATA drives as a RAID. I now am moving things around and have separated the drives to be used elsewhere.
I used the GParted Live disc to delete the original partitions and create a single partition using the whole drive, showing as 149.01Gb.
I then came to format the new partition and want to use ext3 but every time I try, it errors.
I tried each of the format types listed and the only two which work are reiser4 and ntfs, all of the others error.
During the trial and error process, I started again and tried splitting the drive into two equal partitions. The result were the same, BUT, the first partition mysteriously gained the label DELLutils.
Is it that Dell, bless them, have put some kind of signature on the drive and that this restricts the format type to ntfs (and reiser4 as a coincidence)? If this is the case, is there some way I can undo this and then use the format type I want?
Any help would be gratefully received.
Mike