You appear to be making it a lot more complicated than it is. You've for
the -F flag on there which means to force the certain options which
might not name sense. Then you've got "-O ^64bit" to disable the 64bit
feature which means you can only have a partition of around 4 gigs max.
Then you've got "-L '/opt'" which is just the label for the partition,
but I'd remove the / from the beginning of your label so it doesn't
cause confusion or problems later when you use it in your config files.
You also seem to be changing that label between "/home" and "/opt" so
I'm guessing that the -L command doesn't do what you think it's going
(insert mandatory scene from princess bride here).
The biggest problem you have with you command is the number at the end.
That number tells the mkfs to format that much space even if the size of
the partition is different.
I think you'll have much better luck if you try something simple like,
but only do the -L "opt" part if that truly is the label you'd like your
drive to have otherwise change it to something more appropriate or
simply leave it off :
mkfs.ext4 -L "opt" /dev/sdc10
Brian Cluff
On 7/25/21 7:09 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
gparted is failing me.It is a logical partition(/dev/sdc10) labled
/home. It is 48 GB large. here is my attempt at using mkfs:
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03
[sudo] password for michael:
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '00:00:03' on device '/dev/sdc10'
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 500
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system
created on Sun Jul 25 21:38:59 2021
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Filesystem too small for a journal
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 125 4k blocks and 64 inodes
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125 4k
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Usage: mkfs.ext4 [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-C cluster-size]
[-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options]
[-G flex-group-size] [-N number-of-inodes] [-d root-directory]
[-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os]
[-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory]
[-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]]
[-t fs-type] [-T usage-type ] [-U UUID] [-e errors_behavior][-z undo_file]
[-jnqvDFSV] device [blocks-count]
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$
Hmmmmmmm.... not enough space? But gparted says:
All operations completed successfully though the error report says
otherwise (including saying I created a MSDOS partition when I created
ext4 partitions).
(error report)
48.00 GiB of unallocated space within the partition.
To grow the file system to fill the partition, select the partition
and choose the menu item:
Partition --> Check.
and I run the partition check and the result is:
GParted 1.0.0
configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
libparted 3.3
========================================
Device:/dev/sda
Model:ATA KINGSTON SUV500M
Serial:50026B7783458A92
Sector size:512
Total sectors:468862128
Heads:255
Sectors/track:2
Cylinders:919337
Partition table:msdos
PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
/dev/sda2Extended2046468860927bootextended
/dev/sda6Logical2048410267647ext4/home
/dev/sda5Logical410267648468860927ext4/
========================================
Device:/dev/sdc
Model:USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1
Serial:none
Sector size:512
Total sectors:240353280
Heads:255
Sectors/track:2
Cylinders:471280
Partition table:msdos
PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
/dev/sdc1Primary32240353279lbafat32
========================================
Delete /dev/sdc1 (fat32, 114.61 GiB) from /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
calibrate /dev/sdc1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
start: 32
end: 240353279
size: 240353248 (114.61 GiB)
delete partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
========================================
Create Extended Partition #1 (extended, 114.61 GiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 240353279
size: 240351232 (114.61 GiB)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #2 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:02
( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc5 (partition)
start: 4096
end: 413695
size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc5 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc5 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc5' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 296fdc84-e20a-4796-92ed-1c161b3701db
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #3 (ext4, 19.53 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:08
( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc6 (partition)
start: 415744
end: 41375743
size: 40960000 (19.53 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc6 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20970995712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971454464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971511808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc6 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/' '/dev/sdc6' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 5120000 4k blocks and 1281120 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 8dce917e-6a31-4121-914d-b2fe3235c921
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #4 (linux-swap, 2.11 GiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:04 ( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc7 (partition)
start: 235935744
end: 240353279
size: 4417536 (2.11 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc7 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261254144 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261712896 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261770240 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc7 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: linux-swap(v1)
create new linux-swap file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
mkswap -L '' '/dev/sdc7' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2.1 GiB (2261774336 bytes)
LABEL=, UUID=ea5b83f8-f164-402f-8d2b-ef20ed7d0430
========================================
Create Logical Partition #5 (unformatted, 1.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc8 (partition)
start: 41377792
end: 41379839
size: 2048 (1.00 MiB)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #6 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:05
( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc9 (partition)
start: 41381888
end: 41791487
size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc9 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc9 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc9' 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
Filesystem UUID: dc1ef0e5-fa9f-40b5-aa31-23c36e15960e
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #7 (ext4, 7.81 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:09
( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc10 (partition)
start: 41793536
end: 58177535
size: 16384000 (7.81 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc10 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388083712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388542464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388599808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc10 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 2048000 4k blocks and 512064 inodes
Filesystem UUID: dbe1eb24-e142-4b4f-8433-d66620ab0b14
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #8 (ext4, 29.30 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:14
( SUCCESS )
create empty partition 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdc11 (partition)
start: 58179584
end: 119619583
size: 61440000 (29.30 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc11 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31456755712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457214464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457271808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc11 00:00:05 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/usr/src' '/dev/sdc11' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 7680000 4k blocks and 1921360 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 4f65f26e-da3a-41e2-af7a-5e4f08ee9cdf
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
========================================
Create Logical Partition #9 (ext4, 55.46 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
create empty partition 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
libparted messages ( ERROR )
Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
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