worked like a charm! thanks. On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 1:07 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > You appear to be making it a lot more complicated than it is. You've for > the -F flag on there which means to force the certain options which > might not name sense. Then you've got "-O ^64bit" to disable the 64bit > feature which means you can only have a partition of around 4 gigs max. > Then you've got "-L '/opt'" which is just the label for the partition, > but I'd remove the / from the beginning of your label so it doesn't > cause confusion or problems later when you use it in your config files. > You also seem to be changing that label between "/home" and "/opt" so > I'm guessing that the -L command doesn't do what you think it's going > (insert mandatory scene from princess bride here). > The biggest problem you have with you command is the number at the end. > That number tells the mkfs to format that much space even if the size of > the partition is different. > > I think you'll have much better luck if you try something simple like, > but only do the -L "opt" part if that truly is the label you'd like your > drive to have otherwise change it to something more appropriate or > simply leave it off : > mkfs.ext4 -L "opt" /dev/sdc10 > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/25/21 7:09 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > gparted is failing me.It is a logical partition(/dev/sdc10) labled > > /home. It is 48 GB large. here is my attempt at using mkfs: > > > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03 > > [sudo] password for michael: > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '00:00:03' on device '/dev/sdc10' > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 500 > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system > > created on Sun Jul 25 21:38:59 2021 > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > > > Filesystem too small for a journal > > Discarding device blocks: done > > Creating filesystem with 125 4k blocks and 64 inodes > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125 4k > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > Usage: mkfs.ext4 [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-C cluster-size] > > [-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options] > > [-G flex-group-size] [-N number-of-inodes] [-d root-directory] > > [-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os] > > [-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory] > > [-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]] > > [-t fs-type] [-T usage-type ] [-U UUID] [-e errors_behavior][-z undo_file] > > [-jnqvDFSV] device [blocks-count] > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125 > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt' > > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021 > > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while > > setting up superblock > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125 > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt' > > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021 > > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while > > setting up superblock > > michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125 > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > /dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt' > > created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021 > > /dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while > > setting up superblock > > michael@MyNUC:~$ > > > > Hmmmmmmm.... not enough space? But gparted says: > > > > All operations completed successfully though the error report says > > otherwise (including saying I created a MSDOS partition when I created > > ext4 partitions). > > > > (error report) > > 48.00 GiB of unallocated space within the partition. > > To grow the file system to fill the partition, select the partition > > and choose the menu item: > > Partition --> Check. > > > > and I run the partition check and the result is: > > > > GParted 1.0.0 > > > > configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize > > > > libparted 3.3 > > > > ======================================== > > > > Device:/dev/sda > > Model:ATA KINGSTON SUV500M > > Serial:50026B7783458A92 > > Sector size:512 > > Total sectors:468862128 > > > > Heads:255 > > Sectors/track:2 > > Cylinders:919337 > > > > Partition table:msdos > > > > PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point > > /dev/sda2Extended2046468860927bootextended > > /dev/sda6Logical2048410267647ext4/home > > /dev/sda5Logical410267648468860927ext4/ > > > > ======================================== > > > > Device:/dev/sdc > > Model:USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 > > Serial:none > > Sector size:512 > > Total sectors:240353280 > > > > Heads:255 > > Sectors/track:2 > > Cylinders:471280 > > > > Partition table:msdos > > > > PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point > > /dev/sdc1Primary32240353279lbafat32 > > > > ======================================== > > > > Delete /dev/sdc1 (fat32, 114.61 GiB) from /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > calibrate /dev/sdc1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc1 (partition) > > start: 32 > > end: 240353279 > > size: 240353248 (114.61 GiB) > > delete partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Extended Partition #1 (extended, 114.61 GiB) on /dev/sdc > > 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc1 (partition) > > start: 2048 > > end: 240353279 > > size: 240351232 (114.61 GiB) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #2 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:02 > > ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc5 (partition) > > start: 4096 > > end: 413695 > > size: 409600 (200.00 MiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc5 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc5 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: ext4 > > create new ext4 file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc5' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes > > Filesystem UUID: 296fdc84-e20a-4796-92ed-1c161b3701db > > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > > 32768 > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Creating journal (4096 blocks): done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #3 (ext4, 19.53 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:08 > > ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc6 (partition) > > start: 415744 > > end: 41375743 > > size: 40960000 (19.53 GiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc6 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20970995712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971454464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971511808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc6 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: ext4 > > create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/' '/dev/sdc6' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > Creating filesystem with 5120000 4k blocks and 1281120 inodes > > Filesystem UUID: 8dce917e-6a31-4121-914d-b2fe3235c921 > > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, > > 4096000 > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Creating journal (32768 blocks): done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #4 (linux-swap, 2.11 GiB) on /dev/sdc > > 00:00:04 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc7 (partition) > > start: 235935744 > > end: 240353279 > > size: 4417536 (2.11 GiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc7 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261254144 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261712896 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261770240 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc7 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: linux-swap(v1) > > create new linux-swap file system 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkswap -L '' '/dev/sdc7' 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2.1 GiB (2261774336 bytes) > > LABEL=, UUID=ea5b83f8-f164-402f-8d2b-ef20ed7d0430 > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #5 (unformatted, 1.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc > > 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc8 (partition) > > start: 41377792 > > end: 41379839 > > size: 2048 (1.00 MiB) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #6 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:05 > > ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc9 (partition) > > start: 41381888 > > end: 41791487 > > size: 409600 (200.00 MiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc9 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc9 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: ext4 > > create new ext4 file system 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc9' 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes > > Filesystem UUID: dc1ef0e5-fa9f-40b5-aa31-23c36e15960e > > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > > 32768 > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Creating journal (4096 blocks): done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #7 (ext4, 7.81 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:09 > > ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc10 (partition) > > start: 41793536 > > end: 58177535 > > size: 16384000 (7.81 GiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc10 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388083712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388542464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388599808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc10 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: ext4 > > create new ext4 file system 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > Creating filesystem with 2048000 4k blocks and 512064 inodes > > Filesystem UUID: dbe1eb24-e142-4b4f-8433-d66620ab0b14 > > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632 > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Creating journal (16384 blocks): done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #8 (ext4, 29.30 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:14 > > ( SUCCESS ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:03 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > path: /dev/sdc11 (partition) > > start: 58179584 > > end: 119619583 > > size: 61440000 (29.30 GiB) > > clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc11 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31456755712 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457214464 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457271808 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) > > set partition type on /dev/sdc11 00:00:05 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > new partition type: ext4 > > create new ext4 file system 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/usr/src' '/dev/sdc11' 00:00:06 ( SUCCESS ) > > > > 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded > > by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to > > rectify. > > Creating filesystem with 7680000 4k blocks and 1921360 inodes > > Filesystem UUID: 4f65f26e-da3a-41e2-af7a-5e4f08ee9cdf > > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, > > 4096000 > > > > Allocating group tables: done > > Writing inode tables: done > > Creating journal (32768 blocks): done > > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > > > mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) > > > > ======================================== > > > > Create Logical Partition #9 (ext4, 55.46 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:00 ( ERROR ) > > > > create empty partition 00:00:00 ( ERROR ) > > > > libparted messages ( ERROR ) > > > > Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition. > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss