I need help creating a partition.
Michael
bmike1 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 11:26:37 MST 2021
worked like a charm! thanks.
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 1:07 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> You appear to be making it a lot more complicated than it is. You've for
> the -F flag on there which means to force the certain options which
> might not name sense. Then you've got "-O ^64bit" to disable the 64bit
> feature which means you can only have a partition of around 4 gigs max.
> Then you've got "-L '/opt'" which is just the label for the partition,
> but I'd remove the / from the beginning of your label so it doesn't
> cause confusion or problems later when you use it in your config files.
> You also seem to be changing that label between "/home" and "/opt" so
> I'm guessing that the -L command doesn't do what you think it's going
> (insert mandatory scene from princess bride here).
> The biggest problem you have with you command is the number at the end.
> That number tells the mkfs to format that much space even if the size of
> the partition is different.
>
> I think you'll have much better luck if you try something simple like,
> but only do the -L "opt" part if that truly is the label you'd like your
> drive to have otherwise change it to something more appropriate or
> simply leave it off :
> mkfs.ext4 -L "opt" /dev/sdc10
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 7/25/21 7:09 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > gparted is failing me.It is a logical partition(/dev/sdc10) labled
> > /home. It is 48 GB large. here is my attempt at using mkfs:
> >
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03
> > [sudo] password for michael:
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '00:00:03' on device '/dev/sdc10'
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 500
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system
> > created on Sun Jul 25 21:38:59 2021
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> >
> > Filesystem too small for a journal
> > Discarding device blocks: done
> > Creating filesystem with 125 4k blocks and 64 inodes
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125 4k
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > Usage: mkfs.ext4 [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-C cluster-size]
> > [-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options]
> > [-G flex-group-size] [-N number-of-inodes] [-d root-directory]
> > [-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os]
> > [-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory]
> > [-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]]
> > [-t fs-type] [-T usage-type ] [-U UUID] [-e errors_behavior][-z undo_file]
> > [-jnqvDFSV] device [blocks-count]
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
> > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
> > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
> > setting up superblock
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
> > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
> > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
> > setting up superblock
> > michael at MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
> > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
> > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
> > setting up superblock
> > michael at MyNUC:~$
> >
> > Hmmmmmmm.... not enough space? But gparted says:
> >
> > All operations completed successfully though the error report says
> > otherwise (including saying I created a MSDOS partition when I created
> > ext4 partitions).
> >
> > (error report)
> > 48.00 GiB of unallocated space within the partition.
> > To grow the file system to fill the partition, select the partition
> > and choose the menu item:
> > Partition --> Check.
> >
> > and I run the partition check and the result is:
> >
> > GParted 1.0.0
> >
> > configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
> >
> > libparted 3.3
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Device:/dev/sda
> > Model:ATA KINGSTON SUV500M
> > Serial:50026B7783458A92
> > Sector size:512
> > Total sectors:468862128
> >
> > Heads:255
> > Sectors/track:2
> > Cylinders:919337
> >
> > Partition table:msdos
> >
> > PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
> > /dev/sda2Extended2046468860927bootextended
> > /dev/sda6Logical2048410267647ext4/home
> > /dev/sda5Logical410267648468860927ext4/
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Device:/dev/sdc
> > Model:USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1
> > Serial:none
> > Sector size:512
> > Total sectors:240353280
> >
> > Heads:255
> > Sectors/track:2
> > Cylinders:471280
> >
> > Partition table:msdos
> >
> > PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
> > /dev/sdc1Primary32240353279lbafat32
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Delete /dev/sdc1 (fat32, 114.61 GiB) from /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > calibrate /dev/sdc1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
> > start: 32
> > end: 240353279
> > size: 240353248 (114.61 GiB)
> > delete partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Extended Partition #1 (extended, 114.61 GiB) on /dev/sdc
> > 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
> > start: 2048
> > end: 240353279
> > size: 240351232 (114.61 GiB)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #2 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:02
> > ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc5 (partition)
> > start: 4096
> > end: 413695
> > size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc5 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc5 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: ext4
> > create new ext4 file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc5' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> > Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: 296fdc84-e20a-4796-92ed-1c161b3701db
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #3 (ext4, 19.53 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:08
> > ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc6 (partition)
> > start: 415744
> > end: 41375743
> > size: 40960000 (19.53 GiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc6 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20970995712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971454464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971511808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc6 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: ext4
> > create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/' '/dev/sdc6' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> > Creating filesystem with 5120000 4k blocks and 1281120 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: 8dce917e-6a31-4121-914d-b2fe3235c921
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
> > 4096000
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #4 (linux-swap, 2.11 GiB) on /dev/sdc
> > 00:00:04 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc7 (partition)
> > start: 235935744
> > end: 240353279
> > size: 4417536 (2.11 GiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc7 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261254144 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261712896 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261770240 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc7 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: linux-swap(v1)
> > create new linux-swap file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkswap -L '' '/dev/sdc7' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2.1 GiB (2261774336 bytes)
> > LABEL=, UUID=ea5b83f8-f164-402f-8d2b-ef20ed7d0430
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #5 (unformatted, 1.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc
> > 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc8 (partition)
> > start: 41377792
> > end: 41379839
> > size: 2048 (1.00 MiB)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #6 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:05
> > ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc9 (partition)
> > start: 41381888
> > end: 41791487
> > size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc9 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc9 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: ext4
> > create new ext4 file system 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc9' 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> > Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: dc1ef0e5-fa9f-40b5-aa31-23c36e15960e
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #7 (ext4, 7.81 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:09
> > ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc10 (partition)
> > start: 41793536
> > end: 58177535
> > size: 16384000 (7.81 GiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc10 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388083712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388542464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388599808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc10 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: ext4
> > create new ext4 file system 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> > Creating filesystem with 2048000 4k blocks and 512064 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: dbe1eb24-e142-4b4f-8433-d66620ab0b14
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #8 (ext4, 29.30 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:14
> > ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sdc11 (partition)
> > start: 58179584
> > end: 119619583
> > size: 61440000 (29.30 GiB)
> > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc11 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31456755712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457214464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457271808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
> > set partition type on /dev/sdc11 00:00:05 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > new partition type: ext4
> > create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/usr/src' '/dev/sdc11' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
> > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
> > rectify.
> > Creating filesystem with 7680000 4k blocks and 1921360 inodes
> > Filesystem UUID: 4f65f26e-da3a-41e2-af7a-5e4f08ee9cdf
> > Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
> > 4096000
> >
> > Allocating group tables: done
> > Writing inode tables: done
> > Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> >
> > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Logical Partition #9 (ext4, 55.46 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
> >
> > create empty partition 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
> >
> > libparted messages ( ERROR )
> >
> > Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
> > --
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