NOTE: In examples below, hdb1 is partition 1 of a primary slave HDD. 1. Unmount in case already mounted: umount /dev/hdb1 2. Format partition as FAT32 with 2 FATs, error logging, 512 reserved, 512 sectors: sudo mkdosfs -f 2 -F 32 -i 00000000 -m /home/kev/Desktop/booterror.txt -n Space -r 512 -R 32 -s 4 -S 512 -v /dev/hdb1 3. Mount into /mnt/kev mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/kev 4. To check the partition: dosfsck /dev/hdb1 4. To check ext3 partitions: fsck 5. To see how it looks within File Browser: gksudo nautilus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------