> -----Original Message----- > From: Jack <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where is 'mke2fs' ? > > On 11/17/22 15:30, Philip Webb wrote: > > I need to rewrite the filesystem on a USB stick after it got damaged. > > My notes tell me to use 'mke2fs', but 'which' doesn't find it : > > has it been replaced by something else ? > > I have 'e2fsprogs' installed, but there's no 'man' file for it & it > > doesn't seem to create filesystems. > > There is a utility 'sys-fs/genext2fs', which I emerged & looked at, > > but it's not clear whether it does the simple job I need. > > > > Can anyone advise ? > On my system, /sbin/mke2fs is part of sys-fs/e2fsprogs-2.46.5-r3 with the > tools USE FLAG set. > Does your PATH perhaps simply not contain /sbin ? Some people do that for... reasons...
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