On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 20:00 -0400, Bruce Hyatt wrote: > I used fdisk to create partition /dev/sda3 as a linux partition. > > As I recall, I got a message to the effect that on reboot, fstab would be updated. So I rebooted. > > I tried "mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /orardata1" and got message "wrong fs type, bad option," etc. Then did "mkdir -p /oradata1" and tried mounting again. Same message. > > Tried editing fstab manually and still getting the same message. > > What did I miss??? > > Thanks. You did not format the partition as a ext2 or ext3 partition. Look at mkfs. All that fdisk does is mark the partition indicating what it ultimate formatting will be but it does not do the formatting. -- ======================================================================= "When in doubt, print 'em out." -- Karl's Programming Proverb 0x7 ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
