[CentOS] Re: Formating and Mounting Partitions giving problems

Tue Dec 11 17:21:36 UTC 2007
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

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).


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