I just realized that I could test the mkfs on an exhisting partition with
files on it and got:
root@bmike1:/mnt# mkfs -t ext2 -j /mnt/sda6
mke2fs 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
/mnt/sda6 is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
mkfs.ext2: Device size reported to be zero. Invalid partition specified, or
partition table wasn't reread after running fdisk, due to
a modified partition being busy and in use. You may need to reboot
to re-read your partition table.
root@bmike1:/mnt#
That, to me, seems to be confirming that it isn't real. Why does fdisk -l say
that sda6 it starts on cylinder 901 and ends on 1001 while mkfs reports it at
zero in length?
root@bmike1:/mnt# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 1050 MB, 1050112000 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1001 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 400 409584 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda2 401 1001 615424 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 401 900 511984 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 901 1001 103408 83 Linux
root@bmike1:/mnt#
> I think that all my disks need to have the mkfs -t ext2 -j <location> done
> to them. Do the disks need to be blank before such an operation is carried
> out? If I were to make the filesystem msdos on the floppy disks then I
> could use them with the rest of the world (M$), right? If that is so it is
> mkfs -t msdos, right (man & info doesn't have this info) or is it fat32?
> Never mind this last part here. I just found the command: it is mkfs.msdos
> or mkfs.vfat. So what is the difference between... never mind that either.
> Man pages indicate they are the same command.
>
> :)~MIKE~(:
>
> (what makes me think this is that when I go to my Linux partition <hda5> it
> tells me nothing is in the directory)
>
> bmike1@bmike1:~$ cd /mnt
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls
> cdrom floppy hda1 hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 sda5 sda6
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ mount floppy
> mount: can't find /mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab (it is in fstab)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ mount cdrom
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ mount cdrom
> mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab (it is in fstab)
> # /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
> #
> # filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,auto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat
> defaults,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
> /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2
> /dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2
> /dev/sda1 swap swap noauto 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /etc/fstab (END)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls cdrom
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls floppy
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls hda1 (msdos)
> My Documents bootlog.txt io.sys quickenw suhdlog.dat
> Program Files command.com msdos.--- recycled system.1st
> autoexec.bat config.sys msdos.sys scandisk.log temp
> bootlog.prv detlog.txt netlog.txt setuplog.txt windows
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls hda5 (linux)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls hda6 (didn't create this)(cat /proc/partitions
> <which) (is lower>shows this)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls hda7 (didn't create this)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls hda8 (didn't create this)
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls sda5
> downloads drakx-images lost+found
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls sda5/d*
> sda5/downloads:
> sda5/drakx-images:
> 01-thanks.pl 07-desktop.pl 13-mdkcampus.pl
> 01-thanks.png 07-desktop.png 13-mdkcampus.png
> 02-community.pl 08-development.pl 14-mdkexpert.pl
> 02-community.png 08-development.png 14-mdkexpert.png
> 03-internet.pl 09-server.pl 15-mdkexpert-corporate.pl
> 03-internet.png 09-server.png 15-mdkexpert-corporate.png
> 04-multimedia.pl 10-mnf.pl 16-thanks.pl
> 04-multimedia.png 10-mnf.png 16-thanks.png
> 05-games.pl 11-mdkstore.pl 17-mdkclub.pl
> 05-games.png 11-mdkstore.png 17-mdkclub.png
> 06-mcc.pl 12-mdkstore.pl DEADJOE
> 06-mcc.png 12-mdkstore.png
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls sda5/do*
> bmike1@bmike1:/mnt$ ls sda6 (didn't create this)
> lost+found
> root@bmike1:/mnt# cat /proc/partitions; cat /etc/fstab; fdisk -l /dev/sda
> major minor #blocks name
> 8 0 1025500 sda
> 8 1 409584 sda1
> 8 2 1 sda2
> 8 5 511984 sda5
> 8 6 103408 sda6
> 3 0 29316672 hda
> 3 1 14659281 hda1
> 3 2 1 hda2
> 3 5 14651248 hda5
> # /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
> #
> # filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,auto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat
> defaults,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix 0 0
> /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2
> /dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext3 defaults,users,exec 0 2
> /dev/sda1 swap swap noauto 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 1050 MB, 1050112000 bytes
> 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1001 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 400 409584 82 Linux swap (swap)
> /dev/sda2 401 1001 615424 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 401 900 511984 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 901 1001 103408 83 Linux
>
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