Re: Can't seem to make ext2 filesystem on 7200


Subject: Re: Can't seem to make ext2 filesystem on 7200
From: Mike Warwick (mwarwick@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 2000 - 20:14:58 MST


>> (1) If I chose not to format the root partition, I get the error message
>> "Mount failed: Invalid argument."
>
> I just had this error re-installing, and the problem is that the kernel needed
> to be rebooted to pick up the new partition map.
>
>> (2) If I chose to format the root partition, I get the message "Making ext2
>> filesystem on sdb6," and the installer appears to hang. (I let it run for
>> 10 hours and it never completed.)
>
> This could also be consistant with that problem.
>
> Try rebooting and NOT altering your partition table.
>
> -Hollis

Yes, I did it exactly as you described. I created the partitions, wrote the
partition map, backed out of the installer, rebooted, skipped partition
editing the second time, and still got the error.

--Mike



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