[CentOS] Re: Formating and Mounting Partitions giving problems

Saurabh Sharma luckysharma11 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 00:40:30 UTC 2007


Scott Silva wrote:
> on 12/11/2007 8:02 AM Saurabh Sharma spake the following:
>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>> on 12/10/2007 8:59 AM Saurabh Sharma spake the following:
>>>> Fajar Priyanto wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I believe the options in /etc/fstab should be:
>>>>> defaults,rw ? Not defaults [dot] rw
>>>>>   
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>>>> Thanks for correcting me ,with the mistake.Now no error were logged 
>>>> and directories were mounted. :-)
>>>> But the File Sytem type is still FAT16.what's the issue with file 
>>>> system type.
>>>> I formated the /dev/hdc12 using /mkfs.ext3 /but the file system 
>>>> shown is still FAT16.
>>>>
>>>> /[root at localhost etc]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdc12
>>>> mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
>>>> Filesystem label=
>>>> OS type: Linux
>>>> Block size=4096 (log=2)
>>>> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
>>>> 2289280 inodes, 4570484 blocks
>>>> 228524 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
>>>> First data block=0
>>>> Maximum filesystem blocks=0
>>>> 140 block groups
>>>> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
>>>> 16352 inodes per group
>>>> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>>>>         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 
>>>> 1605632, 2654208,
>>>>         4096000
>>>> Writing inode tables: done                           Creating 
>>>> journal (32768 blocks): done
>>>> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>>>> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or
>>>> 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
>>>>
>>> But what is the partition type set to?
>>> If they are set to 0x04 they will show up as fat16, for ext2/3 they 
>>> need to be  0x83.
>>>
>> Thanks for replying,as i'm too new to linux i dont know how to set 
>> the partition type,i just google for things and move ahead.Can you 
>> please let me know how to get this done or what all you meant.After 
>> Scott's comments i just goggled and found parted,which showed 
>> partitions type as FAT32,this is just opposite to one shown by fdisk -l.
>>
>> [root at XBox ~]# parted /dev/hdc print
>>
>> Model: ST3250820A (ide)
>> Disk /dev/hdc: 250GB
>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
>> Partition Table: msdos
>>
>> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>> 1      32.3kB  10.5GB  10.5GB  primary   ntfs         boot
>> 2      10.5GB  250GB   240GB   extended               lba 5      
>> 10.5GB  62.9GB  52.4GB  logical   fat32            6      62.9GB  
>> 115GB   52.4GB  logical   fat32            7      115GB   168GB   
>> 52.4GB  logical   fat32            8      168GB   220GB   52.4GB  
>> logical   fat32            9      220GB   220GB   107MB   logical   
>> ext3             10      220GB   231GB   10.5GB  logical   
>> ext3             11      231GB   231GB   535MB   logical   
>> linux-swap       12      231GB   250GB   18.7GB  logical   
>> ext3            Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if 
>> necessary.
>>
>> Please help me grow...!
>>
> If you run fdisk /dev/hdc, you can change the partition types.
> At the fdisk prompt, a "p" will list the partition table.
> From there you use "t" to change a partition type.
> Ext2/3 partitions are type 83 and linux swap is type 82.
> Make sure you only change the partitions that you wanted to be ext3, 
> and not your windows partitions.
> A "w" will write the new table and exit, and a "q" exits without 
> writing if you make a mistake.
> A "m" gives a list of choices (menu).
The thing worked,the way is really great......
 ...thanks for the support....
:-)
Thanks & Regards
Saurabh



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