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Re: How to create a filesystem?
by Gerald L. Clark
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Oliver Völker wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm no linux crack and I'm not able to use my external harddisk...
> Maybe I'm making a little stupid mistake...
>
> Ok...
> I've attached my 160GB USB drive to the slug.
> I've created an extended partiton:
>
> root@NLSU:/# fdisk /dev/sdb
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19457.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 5 Extended
>
> But I'm not able to create the filesystem:
>You can not make a filesystem on an extended partition.
Extended partitions are created to hold partitions above partition 4.
You don't say which operating system you are running on the NSLU2.
Unslung requires partitions 1 2 and 3 as described in the Wiki.
> root@NLSU:/# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
> /dev/sdb1: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> superblock
>
>
> Where's my error?
>
>
> Sorry for this dummy question :(
>
>
>
>
> Bye,
> Oliver
>
> >
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> Hi!
>
> I'm no linux crack and I'm not able to use my external harddisk...
> Maybe I'm making a little stupid mistake...
>
> Ok...
> I've attached my 160GB USB drive to the slug.
> I've created an extended partiton:
>
> root@NLSU:/# fdisk /dev/sdb
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19457.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 5 Extended
>
> But I'm not able to create the filesystem:
>
Extended partitions are created to hold partitions above partition 4.
You don't say which operating system you are running on the NSLU2.
Unslung requires partitions 1 2 and 3 as described in the Wiki.
> root@NLSU:/# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
> /dev/sdb1: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> superblock
>
>
> Where's my error?
>
>
> Sorry for this dummy question :(
>
>
>
>
> Bye,
> Oliver
>
> >
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