i dont know but i've always used mke2fs to format a linux ext2 drive i see mke2fs and mkfs.ext2 are 2 different binarys on my debian 2.1 server. try usin mke2fs instead of mkfs.ext2
----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, shaul wrote: > I can not mount an ext2 file system rw immediately after creating it. What am > I doing wrong ? > > [03:41:08 shaul]# cfdisk -P s /dev/hda > Partition Table for /dev/hda > > First Last > # Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flags > -- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ---------------------- > --------- > 1 Primary 0 1024127 63 1024128 FAT16 (06) Boot > (80) > 2 Primary 1024128 2503871 0 1479744 Linux (83) > > [03:43:11 shaul]# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda2 > mke2fs 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=4096 (log=2) > Fragment size=4096 (log=2) > 92544 inodes, 184968 blocks > 9248 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > First data block=0 > 6 block groups > 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group > 15424 inodes per group > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > 32768, 98304, 163840 > > Writing inode tables: done > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > [03:44:35 shaul]# mount -t ext2 -o rw /dev/hda2 /mnt > EXT2-fs: 03:02: couldn't mount RDWR because of unsupported optional features. > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2, > or too many mounted file systems > > [03:50:37 shaul]# mount -t ext2 -o ro /dev/hda2 /mnt > > [03:50:42 shaul]# mount | grep /mnt > /dev/hda2 on /mnt type ext2 (ro) > > [03:50:52 shaul]# ls /mnt > lost+found > > [03:51:44 shaul]# umount /mnt > > [03:53:39 shaul]# fsck.ext2 /dev/hda2 > e2fsck 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > /dev/hda2: clean, 11/92544 files, 2917/184968 blocks > > > > Package: e2fsprogs > Version: 1.15-3 > Severity: normal > > -- System Information > Debian Release: potato > Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 > unknown > > Versions of the packages e2fsprogs depends on: > ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and > timezone > > Package: mount > Version: 2.9w-3 > Severity: normal > > -- System Information > Debian Release: potato > Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i586 > unknown > > Versions of the packages mount depends on: > ii libc6 2.1.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and > timezone > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
