If you were reading the posts about this you'll be interested in the following
response:
There is a big difference and it has already be reported as a bug.
The current mke2fs creates (by default) filesystem with sparse
superblocks, which need a 2.2.x kernel to work. The mke2fs does notb
check the current running kernel neigther does it warn about this.
You can create the old stly fs by adding an option to mke2fs:
"mke2fs -s 0 -r 0" (should work)
More about this is in the manpage to mke2fs.
By the way, update your kernel why your at it. :)
May the Source be with you.
Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> i dont know but i've always used mke2fs to format a linux ext2 drive
>
> i see mke2fs and mkfs.ext2 are 2 different binarys on my debian 2.1
> server. try usin mke2fs instead of mkfs.ext2
>
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> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, shaul wrote:
>
> > I can not mount an ext2 file system rw immediately after creating it. What
> > am
> > I doing wrong ?
> >
> > [03:41:08 shaul]# cfdisk -P s /dev/hda
> > Partition Table for /dev/hda
> >
> > First Last
> > # Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flags
> > -- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ----------------------
> > ---------
> > 1 Primary 0 1024127 63 1024128 FAT16 (06) Boot
> > (80)
> > 2 Primary 1024128 2503871 0 1479744 Linux (83)
> >
> > [03:43:11 shaul]# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda2
> > mke2fs 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > Filesystem label=
> > OS type: Linux
> > Block size=4096 (log=2)
> > Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> > 92544 inodes, 184968 blocks
> > 9248 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> > First data block=0
> > 6 block groups
> > 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
> > 15424 inodes per group
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768, 98304, 163840
> >
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > [03:44:35 shaul]# mount -t ext2 -o rw /dev/hda2 /mnt
> > EXT2-fs: 03:02: couldn't mount RDWR because of unsupported optional
> > features.
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2,
> > or too many mounted file systems
> >
> > [03:50:37 shaul]# mount -t ext2 -o ro /dev/hda2 /mnt
> >
> > [03:50:42 shaul]# mount | grep /mnt
> > /dev/hda2 on /mnt type ext2 (ro)
> >
> > [03:50:52 shaul]# ls /mnt
> > lost+found
> >
> > [03:51:44 shaul]# umount /mnt
> >
> > [03:53:39 shaul]# fsck.ext2 /dev/hda2
> > e2fsck 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > /dev/hda2: clean, 11/92544 files, 2917/184968 blocks
> >
> >
> >
> > Package: e2fsprogs
> > Version: 1.15-3
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > -- System Information
> > Debian Release: potato
> > Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586
> > unknown
> >
> > Versions of the packages e2fsprogs depends on:
> > ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
> > timezone
> >
> > Package: mount
> > Version: 2.9w-3
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > -- System Information
> > Debian Release: potato
> > Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586
> > unknown
> >
> > Versions of the packages mount depends on:
> > ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
> > timezone
> >
> >
> >
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