Creating a partition, formatting, etc

JasonSmead · 08-01-2003, 03:27 PM

I created a parititon (/dev/hdb11) with cfdisk, but when i tried to format it with mke2fs, I got an error: "The device apparently does not exist;"

Did I forget to do something? when I pull up cfdisk, this parition does show up on the table.

michaelk · 08-01-2003, 03:35 PM

Is it the create filesystem type?

JasonSmead · 08-01-2003, 03:38 PM

What do you mean by that?

Skyline · 08-01-2003, 03:47 PM

Hi Jason

Cfdisk has the ability to create Linux filesystems - after youve created a partition - then tab accross to TYPE - youll see a large list of filesystem types

Type - 83 produces a Linux filesystem.

michaelk · 08-02-2003, 05:13 AM

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Originally posted by JasonSmead
What do you mean by that?

It appears I had a disconnection between my fingers and the brain.

So what is the filesystem type for hdb11?

JasonSmead · 08-03-2003, 06:18 AM

I had to reboot to get it to work... Why did I have to do that? That is the million dollar question.