From: Fritz Ganter (ganter@fvkmapc02.tu-graz.ac.at)
Date: 09/17/93


From: ganter@fvkmapc02.tu-graz.ac.at (Fritz Ganter)
Subject: Re: Making a filesystem larger than 64mb?
Date: 17 Sep 1993 19:37:48 GMT

Morten Krog (harpoon@diku.dk) wrote:
: Hi,

: How do I use mke2fs to create a filesystem larger than 64mb. I want to have
: a partition on my harddisk (size 75mb) installed with Linux, but I cannot
: format the partition. As I read the doc, mkfs is unable to do this but
: mke2fs should be able. I don't have mkefs so don't suggest that I use that.
: PLEASE help. Any help will be appriciated.
What is the problem? Use 'mke2fs -c /dev/hda2 75000' if it is the 2nd
partition of your harddisk, take the size which is reported from your
linux-fdisk:
   Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 342 71802+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 797 797 989 40530 5 Extended
/dev/hda4 343 343 796 95340 83 Linux extfs
/dev/hda5 797 797 949 32129+ 83 Linux extfs
/dev/hda6 950 950 989 8399+ 82 Linux swap
                                        ^^^^^ take the number of your part.

: Morten

Fritz