From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Subject: [Ans.] Re: [Problem] SLS, fdisk, and mke2fs Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 13:42:57 GMT
In article <C7qs7p.EIH@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> jarreau@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Michael P. Jarreau) writes:
>Hi. I am trying to install SLS 1.01 (it is the one on
>sunsite yesterday) and I had problems with fdisk and mke2fs.
>[fdisk problem. Sorry, I use DRDOS' FDISK. Works great with Linux.]
>
>When I run mke2fs on /dev/hda2 I enter the following command:
>mke2fs -c /dev/hda2 41072
>
>the program responds with:
>mke2fs 0.2c+, 93/03/22 for EXT2 FS alpha 0.2b, 93/03/01
>[...]
>mke2fs: Unable to find a block for the inode table.
>
>Can you tell me how to fix either/both of these problems? [...]
The SLS release is remarkably complete and well-integrated;
thanks, Peter!
But the mke2fs that comes with it (0.2c+) isn't as smart as the new
one. The new sources (0.3) fixed the problem that annoyed Michael.
You can build them from source, or you can fetch the binaries I just
placed in
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/e2fbin03.tgz
That file is a gzipped tar archive containing the 0.3 versions of
the ext2fs utilities, compiled for the 4.3.3 library with SLS' gcc
(2.3.3?). I also included the manpages, the README and the FAQ,
cuz I hate it when I can't find the docs!
The file is 45K. The whole thing won't unpack onto your a1 disk.
But you can still use the upgraded mke2fs for your initial install.
If you have a second floppy, put e2fbin03.tgz on it, boot a1, and try
something like this:
cd /
mkdir /B:
mount -r -t msdos /dev/fd1 /B:
ls /B
zcat /B:/e2fbin03.tgz | tar tf -
zcat /B:/e2fbin03.tgz | tar xvf - e2fsprogs-0.3/mke2fs
mv /bin/mke2fs /bin/mke2fs.0.2
mv e2fsprogs-0.3/mke2fs /bin
umount /B:
and your mke2fs should work right. Let me know if you have a problem.
Cameron Spitzer, a Compleat Idiot in San Jose
cls@truffula.sj.ca.us
Truffula is a Linux machine! Thank you Linus, HJ, Ian, Richard...!