On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 06:48:16PM -0500, Carlos Fernandez Sanz wrote:
> I have just purchased a new HD and I'm getting problems creating a
> filesystem for it. The HD is a Maxtor 80 Gb
>
> Disk /dev/hde: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 15871 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hde1 1 15871 7998952+ 83 Linux
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
>
> Syncing disks.
> ------------------
> When trying to create the filesystem, I get this:
>
> [root@alhambra /sbin]# ./mke2fs /dev/hde1
> mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> /dev/hde1: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> superblock
> -------------------
>
> I'm using
> Linux version 2.2.17-14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Reboot. Look at the boot messages. You should see your disk mentioned
and the partitions listed (hde: hde1).
If they disappear too quickly, say "dmesg | grep hde".
Test the size of hde1 with "blockdev --getsize /dev/hde1"
or "fdisk -s /dev/hde1" or so. If you get 0 that explains
the mke2fs error.
Make sure your tools are up to date. Old versions often have
an overflow somewhere.
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