how to create ext3 filesystem using 'mke2fs -j'
 

hello ,
i want to create ext3 filesystem on a disk which is newly partitioned.
i want to create it using mke2fs.
i followed this procedure:
after partitioning,

i did
mke2fs -j /dev/hda1

then i did
e2fsck /dev/hda1

after this when i tried
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt

it is saying no such file or directory.

what may be the error.

i think kernel is not supporting ext3.
the kernel version is 2.659.


if possible can u tell me the steps to be followed when compiling kernel.
mainly the steps related to ext3 filesystem.

ext3 filesystems can be created by doing
or
Did you compile the kernel by yourself or was it precompiled?

mke2fs -j /dev/hda1 is perfectly ok. It creates ext2 with a journal - which is ext3 effectively.
but the error says: "no such file or directory" - which would mean that /mnt is not there - this is unlikely, but check.
Make sure support for ext3 is in the kernel or that the module is loaded - it should also be mountable as ext2 if ext3 is not available somehow.

mkdir /mnt/disk_hda1
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk_hda1
as root should do it - if not - look at the error.