Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock
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--me to the right one...
i tried the potato mke2fs on /dev/hda9 hda10 hda11, but only one
of the three worked -- the other two bombed out with 'Invalid
argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock' ??
this is after CFDISK with partition type 83 for all partitions
involved (82 is swap, 85 is linux extended but that partition
type is silently ignored by cfdisk). here's the results of my
three 'mkfs' attempts:
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda9
mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
1982464 inodes, 3964030 blocks
198201 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
121 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208
[snip]
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
** /dev/hda9 works like a charm. hda10 and hda11 DO NOT!
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda10
mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/hda10: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock
# mke2fs /dev/hda11
mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/hda11: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock
** mke2fs and mkfs.ext2 seem to be identical, but i tried
** them both just in case...
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3739 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 30 240943+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 * 31 33 24097+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 34 63 240975 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 64 3739 29527470 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 64 367 2441848+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 368 549 1461883+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 550 1157 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1158 1765 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 1766 2130 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 2131 2495 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 2496 3739 9992398+ 83 Linux
any RTFM pointers would be welcome.
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