> ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:20:17 +0200 > From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Mounting HDD > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <1083676816.23201.334.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Am Di, den 04.05.2004 schrieb jludwig um 15:02: > > > Do a fdisk -l /dev/hdd > > This will tell you about all partitions and the file system for each. > > > jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hu? Since when does fdisk care for and inspect partition filesystems? It > does not. It only tells you which partition type is used. It does not > tell you whether ID 83 = Linux stands for ext2 or ext3 or reiserfs. > > Chris, I suspect you still have no data on the freshly create partition > hdb1. So run "mkfs.ext3 -v /dev/hdb1" to create a filesystem on it. > Maybe use additional parameters you want, besides the verbosity switch > -v. > > Alexander > > > -- Thank you it worked I mounted it without using the -t option is that OK? But what is the difreance then between [mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hdb1] and [mkfs.ext3 -v /dev/hdb1], the dot between mkfs and ext3 puzzels me. Chris
