Comments on: How to: Formatting Linux Filesystem http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/ Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TGBhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-62894 TGB Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:42:52 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-62894 root@s1 [~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) mkfs.ext3: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size Why? root@s1 [~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
mkfs.ext3: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size

Why?

]]> By: sshttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-44689 ss Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:19:17 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-44689 i cant understand the format watever u write in dis................. i cant understand the format watever u write in dis……………..

]]> By: danielhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-43481 daniel Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-43481 "mke2fs -j /dev/sda5" is correct. (id for etx3=83) I want to know how to creat a qnx filesystem, id=50 “mke2fs -j /dev/sda5″ is correct. (id for etx3=83)
I want to know how to creat a qnx filesystem, id=50

]]> By: Gagan Brahmihttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-36812 Gagan Brahmi Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:09:03 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-36812 Hi, I don't want to make this post look wrong, but there can be another command for creating a ext3 file system. The following is the same:- mke2fs -j /dev/sda5 Hi,

I don’t want to make this post look wrong, but there can be another command for creating a ext3 file system.

The following is the same:-

mke2fs -j /dev/sda5

]]> By: nixcrafthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-36559 nixcraft Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:53:01 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-36559 Thanks for the heads up. The post bas been updated. Thanks for the heads up. The post bas been updated.

]]> By: Juan Francisco Giordanahttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-format-create-linux-filesystem/#comment-36557 Juan Francisco Giordana Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:11:07 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/faq/howto-formatting-linux-filesystem.php#comment-36557 <strong>Correction:</strong> At the beginning of the post you use <code>/dev/hda5</code> and at the end <code>/dev/sda5</code>. Correction: At the beginning of the post you use /dev/hda5 and at the end /dev/sda5.

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