[TriLUG] creating ext3 partitions on the command line

[sgblanch]

that is exactly what I needed to know, thanks

~steven blanchard

John Matthews wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 16:31, sgblanch wrote:
> 
>>I am trying to create some ext3 partitions by hand on a redhat 7.2 box, 
>>but can not find the command to format the partitions. parted complains 
>>that it does not have an implementation for ext3, and there is no 
>>mkfs.ext3, or mke3fs. I am somewhat befuddled at this...
>>
> 
> Look at the man page for mke2fs. Search for ext3. The commands are in
> there.
> 
> Yes, it is confusing to have to look there. :^|
> 
> Regards,
> matt
> 
>