Are you still using the command line "/sbin/mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda3 7461216"?
If so, why not try ommitting the partition size? As in, might "mkfs.ext2
/dev/hda3" work for you? Or maybe "mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda4" instead.
May I ask why you included the size in the command in the first place?
----- Original Message -----
From: Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] formatting hard drive
> My partition table now looks like this:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19650 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 407 205096+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 408 4471 2048256 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda3 4472 19275 7461216 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda4 19276 19650 189000 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 19276 19400 62968+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda6 19401 19525 62968+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 19526 19650 62968+ 82 Linux swap
>
> I still can't mkfs ext2 on /dev/hda3. Any more suggestions?
