I've just installed a new HDD in my RHL 6.0 system, and created some
partitins. I've created ext2 filesystems on the first two, can't do it on
the third:
[summer@possum summer]$ rpm -qa | egrep 'e2f|util-li'
e2fsprogs-1.17-1
util-linux-2.9o-13
[summer@possum summer]$
I upgraded to the e2fsprogs rpm from RHL 6.1 when the 6.0 version failed.
Here's what happens:
[root@possum summer]# /sbin/mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda6
mke2fs 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/hda6: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
superblock
[root@possum summer]# /sbin/mkfs.ext2 -V /dev/hda6
mke2fs 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Using EXT2FS Library version 1.17
[root@possum summer]# /sbin/mkfs.ext2 -v /dev/hda6
mke2fs 1.17, 26-Oct-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/dev/hda6: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
superblock
[root@possum summer]#
The partition table:
[root@possum summer]# /sbin/sfdisk -l -x -uS /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1108 cylinders
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/hda1 63 32129 32067 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 32130 17800019 17767890 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda5 32193 4128704 4096512 83 Linux
- 16579080 17800019 1220940 5 Extended
- 32130 32129 0 0 Empty
- 32130 32129 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda6 16579143 17800019 1220877 83 Linux
- 16579080 16579079 0 0 Empty
- 16579080 16579079 0 0 Empty
- 16579080 16579079 0 0 Empty
[root@possum summer]#
Note:
the drive is about 9 Gbytes, and the partition I can't format is
/dev/hda6, at the high end (probably above 8.4 Gbytes). Here's what hdparm
says about it:
[root@possum summer]# /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=IBM-DJNA-370910, FwRev=J74OA30K, SerialNo=GH0GHG01
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=17662/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1966kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=1108/255/63, CurSects=-1464860401, LBA=yes, LBAsects=17803440
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
Oh, a man page for mkfs.ext2 would be nice too.
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