[newbie] Simple fdisk question Solved!
Yes, sometimes the most obvious answers are the very ones which ellude us. 'mke2fs' was the command I was looking for! Thanks to Mike Fieschko for bringing that up. The file system is recognized and functioning reasonably well for being on an old 400 meg HD. So; fdisk /dev/hdc, create new partition /dev/hdc1 'mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' 'mke2fs /dev/hdc1' Seems to have done it! Thanks again, maybe I won't forget the next time ! :-) It would be nice to have a GUI which would do this for the coding/commandline impaired like myself. I have been using Linux for over 3 years and still make the most bumbling goofs! Actually I guess a GUI wouldn't help that either. Hows the progress with 'DiskDrake'? Has anyone used it with success? Thanks again to those who helped. William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska
Re: [newbie] Simple fdisk question Solved! (in the wrong order)
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, WH Bouterse wrote: Yes, sometimes the most obvious answers are the very ones which ellude us. 'mke2fs' was the command I was looking for! Thanks to Mike Fieschko for bringing that up. The file system is recognized and functioning reasonably well for being on an old 400 meg HD. So; fdisk /dev/hdc, create new partition /dev/hdc1 'mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' 'mke2fs /dev/hdc1' Seems to have done it! Thats not the right order, formating a mounted disk is bad news umount fdisk mke2fs mount Thanks again, maybe I won't forget the next time ! :-) It would be nice to have a GUI which would do this for the coding/commandline impaired like myself. I have been using Linux for over 3 years and still make the most bumbling goofs! Actually I guess a GUI wouldn't help that either. Hows the progress with 'DiskDrake'? Has anyone used it with success? Very useable. And yes everybody useing cooker pretty much. Thanks again to those who helped. William Bouterse Juneau, Alaska -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Simple fdisk question?
Thanks for the reply! Yes I did actually do the 'mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' I can get fdisk and cfdisk to see it and remove the bootable flag that keeps poping up. So I delete, repartition,write it , it gets recognized by fdisk and by the dmesg at bootup as /dev/hdc /dev/hdc1 but attempting to mount it gives a; "can't find an ext2 filesystem on /dev/ide(22,1) mount wrong fstype,bad option,bad superblock on /dev/hdc1.." I try it with 'linuxconf' with similiar results.? Is something on the mbr which gives the wrong signal the prob./ I am seeing if I can make this work without having to go into M$ again for a 'fdisk/mbr' as I really don't know if its a "linux thing" or a "dos/M$ thing" or none of the above? Lary Coolidge wrote.. ... If it is a linux partition, then you would include ext2. At least that's my understanding. --- WH Bouterse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a test system I had one small HD with ; L-M 6.1 and M$ with System Commander on; /dev/hda. I find an old 400mg Drive lying around, hook it up, get it recognized at boot, do the; fdisk /dev/hdc and it shows everything fine in fact it was a linux disk of some vintage. So I use fdisk to, delete the old create a new partition '/dev/hdc1' and attempt 'mount /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' for example. Well it shows up in /etc/fstab but does not show up with a 'df' and rebooting kicks me into root command-line mode with a "bad superblock" I end up having to remove the entry in /etc/fstab. An msdos style mbr problem? Can one remove that in Linux without having to go to the ol dos 'fdisk/mbr' Obviously I am making an elementary mistake. The mans and Howtos haven't helped me this time.
Re: [newbie] Simple fdisk question?
"WH" == WH Bouterse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WH Thanks for the reply! Yes I did actually do the 'mount -t ext2 WH /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' I can get fdisk and cfdisk to see it WH and remove the bootable flag that keeps poping up. So I WH delete, repartition,write it , it gets recognized by fdisk and WH by the dmesg at bootup as /dev/hdc /dev/hdc1 but attempting to WH mount it gives a; "can't find an ext2 filesystem on [snip] Did you create an ext2 filesystem on the partition? man mke2fs -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-7mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Dec 18 Feria "My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday." - [G.K. Chesterton, in New York Times Magazine, 2/11/23]
[newbie] Simple fdisk question?
On a test system I had one small HD with ; L-M 6.1 and M$ with System Commander on; /dev/hda. I find an old 400mg Drive lying around, hook it up, get it recognized at boot, do the; fdisk /dev/hdc and it shows everything fine in fact it was a linux disk of some vintage. So I use fdisk to, delete the old create a new partition '/dev/hdc1' and attempt 'mount /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' for example. Well it shows up in /etc/fstab but does not show up with a 'df' and rebooting kicks me into root command-line mode with a "bad superblock" error I end up having to remove the entry in /etc/fstab. An msdos style mbr problem? Can one remove that in Linux without having to go to the ol dos 'fdisk/mbr' Obviously I am making an elementary mistake. The mans and Howtos haven't helped me this time. I always thought fdisk from linux and creating a new partition and a mount point was how I did it before? Please show me the error of my ways I guess I have not, "learned from my previous mistakes, therefore I am doomed to repeat them " :-) William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [newbie] Simple fdisk question?
If that's the actual mount command you are using, you are leaving our one thing. If it is a DOS partition, then the mount command would have to have -t vfat after mount. If it is a linux partition, then you would include ext2. At least that's my understanding. --- WH Bouterse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a test system I had one small HD with ; L-M 6.1 and M$ with System Commander on; /dev/hda. I find an old 400mg Drive lying around, hook it up, get it recognized at boot, do the; fdisk /dev/hdc and it shows everything fine in fact it was a linux disk of some vintage. So I use fdisk to, delete the old create a new partition '/dev/hdc1' and attempt 'mount /dev/hdc1 /extralinux' for example. Well it shows up in /etc/fstab but does not show up with a 'df' and rebooting kicks me into root command-line mode with a "bad superblock" error I end up having to remove the entry in /etc/fstab. An msdos style mbr problem? Can one remove that in Linux without having to go to the ol dos 'fdisk/mbr' Obviously I am making an elementary mistake. The mans and Howtos haven't helped me this time. I always thought fdisk from linux and creating a new partition and a mount point was how I did it before? Please show me the error of my ways I guess I have not, "learned from my previous mistakes, therefore I am doomed to repeat them " :-) William Bouterse Juneau Alaska __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
