----- "Sebastian Tennant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > Here's the partition table of my external drive: > > GNU Parted 1.8.9 > Using /dev/sde > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) print > Model: Maxtor OneTouch II (scsi) > Disk /dev/sde: 300GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 32.3kB 10.0GB 10.0GB primary ext3 > 2 10.0GB 30.0GB 20.0GB primary fat32 > 3 30.0GB 60.0GB 30.0GB primary ext3 > 4 60.0GB 300GB 240GB extended > 5 60.0GB 120GB 60.0GB logical ext3 > 6 120GB 180GB 60.0GB logical > > I've created the new logical partition 6 using parted no problem, but > when I go to put an ext3 filesystem on it I get the following warning > and error message: > > (parted) mkfs 6 ext3 > Warning: The existing file system will be destroyed and all data on > the > partition will be lost. Do you want to continue? > parted: invalid token: 6 > Yes/No? no > (parted)
Yep, the CLI for parted nees some work. Additionally parted is headed toward a more "do the filesystem stuff with a separate program" kindof approach. So you would be better off using mkfs for this. > > It's the 'invalid token' bit that I'm worried about. If parted > doesn't > know which partition I'm talking about I stand to lose an awful lot > of > data! > > Is it safe for me to continue? > > Sebastian > > -- > Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts > http://sebyte.org/eap.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > bug-parted mailing list > bug-parted@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
