setting up file system

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

What does:
cat /proc/partitions
say? 

Why are you using mkfs ?
Why not mke2fs ?
ET 

Michael Havens writes: 

> I was so excited! I installed the debian syatem but when I tried to mount
> the LFS partition it said 
> 
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda9,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so" 
> 
> then as I was trying to investigate the LFS partitions cfdisk wouldn't even
> start and fdisk kept saying 
> 
> "Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by
> w(rite)" 
> 
> Writing didn't correct the problem so instead of bugging you I figured that
> this might have something to do with the fact that I set the  LFS
> partitions up when I installed debian. So I reinstalled debian w/o setting
> up the LFS partitions and now now cfdisk starts and I set the partitions
> up. But it won't let me create the file system. this is what happens: 
> 
> root at debian:~# mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/sda6
> mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
> Could not stat /dev/sda6 --- No such file or directory
> The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly? 
> 
> root at debian:~# fdisk /dev/sda
> Command (m for help): p
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250000000000 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30394 cylinders, total 488281250 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x0007bc26
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1            2048     7813119     3905536   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda2         7815166   488281249   240233042    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5   *     7815168   105469951    48827392   83  Linux
> /dev/sda6       437499848   476569864    19535008+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda7       476569928   488281249     5855661   82  Linux swap / Solaris 
> 
> as you can see the device does exist. sda1 is swap for the debian system
> which is in sda5. sda6 is going to be the LFS system and sda7 is going to
> be the swap for LFS when I get done. 
> 
> Please, what did I do wrong or else what is the problem? 
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> well..... I just  realized that there must be a reason that the glibc line
>> was commented out in the LFS book so I'm not going to worry about it.
>> regarding your line I did enter it and it  returned nothing. then I re-read
>> the the text concerning that and it finally dawned on me..... I want all of
>> them or none of them and if I only had 1 or two of them it is okay to
>> delete the ones that are there. I get there.... even if it does take me a
>> little longer. I wish this wasn't the case but at least I can blame the
>> head injury for the difficulties. I'll start working on it when I get home
>> from work tonight. 
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:27 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
>>
>>> Michael, have you even looked at what is in line 32 of your
>>> version-check.sh?
>>> Among other things, because 'glibc' is more than a program (it is more
>>> like the whole engine running under the hood), and your system would not
>>> even boot up is you don't have 'glibc' (which is a whole lot system)
>>> You'll learn that as you read LFS.
>>> Did you ever try:
>>> find /lib/ /*/lib/ -name lib${X}.la
>>> ET 
>>>
>>> Michael Havens writes: 
>>>
>>>> well, I didn't have a problem getting these files with a standard
>>>> installation of debian; it was only after I tried with a net install of
>>>> debia. So right now I'm downloading a current dvd iso of debian and after
>>>> the install I'll see if that helps.
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote: 
>>>>
>>>>> well I installed gmp  the way it instructed and then I did a search for
>>>>> mpfr on the same website and installed it as well, but couldn't find
>>>>> gibc
>>>>> or mpc. I was going to do a search for the missing files but figured I
>>>>> would run version-check first to ensure I wasn't just spinning my
>>>>> wheels.
>>>>> It appears the two files were not installed correctly enough for LInux
>>>>> from
>>>>> Scratch.
>>>>> gmp 
>>>>>
>>>>> ~$ bash version-check.sh
>>>>> ---truncate---
>>>>> version-check.sh: line 32: glibc: command not found
>>>>> g++ compilation OK
>>>>> libgmp.la: found
>>>>> libmpfr.la: found
>>>>> libmpc.la: not found 
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com
>>>>> > wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> this is what it is after:
>>>>>> GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library
>>>>>> The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library is a free library for
>>>>>> arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational
>>>>>> numbers, and floating point numbers.
>>>>>> http://petio.org/tools/gmp.html has some nice refrence material as
>>>>>> well.
>>>>>> *Snip*
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>>>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>>>> Stephen 
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