Hi, Matt,
Thanks for the tip! I did '/sbin/mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda3', and it
worked. For previous drive formattings, I included the blocksize in the
command, and it worked. But apparently not for this drive. Thanks
again,
Hidong
Matt Stegman wrote:
>
> 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?
