Hi

I would like to know how can I Create a filesystem in dev/hda6 for my Redhat 8.0, I tried with in a shell "mkfs" but appear me: bash: command not found

Thanks

fdisk /dev/hda6

I tried with /sbin/fdisk /dev/hda6 and then add a new partition, next I made write table to disk and exit, then /sbin/fdisk /dev/hda -l and now is

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3738 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1925 15358140 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1926 2435 4096575 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 2436 3738 10466347+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2436 2459 192748+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 2460 3738 10273536 83 Linux

My disc is 30GB but I have 10GB without partition, now I want to create a filesystem and mount /dev/hda6

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fdisk creates and modifies partitions on hard drives, it doesn't create filesystems.

Your looking for mke2fs Gerardoj.

man mke2fs for more information on the man pages.

I want to mount /dev/hda6 in /mnt/folder, how can I mount /dev/hda6? I tried with [root@ud3-25 Gerardo]# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/Folder
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
what kind of type is it ?
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man mount

or

mkdir /mnt/folder
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/folder

To mount automatically at bootup, just add an entry to your /etc/fstab file like this:
man fstab for more options.. etc on editing that file.

How did you create the filesyste? If you just did a regular ol mke2fs /dev/hda6, it will default to or as a ext2 filesystem most likely. So you would want to specify that as your filesystem, etc.

I dont created filesystem how can I do that?
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look up.. i've been explaining how to do it in my first post/reply..

Ok but what kind of command I need to use: /sbin/fdisk /dev/hda6:

Command action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
m print this menu
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
x extra functionality (experts only)

I used "w"

Dont use fdisk, like I said, that only creates a partition, etc. You already have the partition /dev/hda6. You just need to format it and create the filesystem with mke2fs....

When I try

[root@ud3-25 Gerardo]# fdisk /dev/hda6
bash: fdisk: command not found
and

[root@ud3-25 Gerardo]# mke2fs /dev/hda6
bash: mke2fs: command not found

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Don't worry about fdisk anymore, you no longer need it, you already have your partition.

/sbin/mke2fs /dev/hda6

If that doesn't work, make sure its installed by using:

locate mke2fs

or

find / -name mke2fs

Thanks man, now works

Thanks a lot!!!!!