From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) Subject: Re: making file system (quick) Date: 5 Jan 1993 08:30:13 GMT
ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
>hi everyone,
>i am trying to install linux.
>i tried to make file system but it doesn't work.
>i have a 110MB harddisk and i use the whole thing as one partition for LINUX
>then i did: mkfs /dev/hda1 147700 (something like that)
>and it said that the limit of the number of blocks is 65535.
Yep, that's right. You haven't read the FAQ either, have you ?
Go and get it, and see what it says about the Extended Filesystem...
(just a hint)
Either that or have multiple partitions...
Happy Adventuring !
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