Abdel Gharzita wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to add one full 3380 DASD to increase space on my linux > machine, but received the following message when attemp to mke2fs > /dev/dasde1 -b 4096: > ( I had already formated using dasdfmt -b 4096 -t /dev/dasde and work > ok) > > mke2fs 1.26 (3-Feb-2002) > mke2fs: Device size reported to be zero. Invalid partition specified, > or > partition table wasn't reread after running fdisk, due to > a modified partition being busy and in use. You may need to > reboot > to re-read your partition table. > > Help! Thanks you! >
Very easy: You first need to create a partition before you can create a filesystem. So what you need to do is run fdasd /dev/dasde Create your partitions there and then run mke2fs /dev/dasde1 -b 4096 assuming you have created one primary partition. Read ya, Phil -- Philipp Knirsch | Tel.: +49-711-96437-470 Development | Fax.: +49-711-96437-111 Red Hat GmbH | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hauptstaetterstr. 58 | Web: http://www.redhat.de/ D-70178 Stuttgart | Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free.
