Re: [aclug-L] Building File system problem

[Nate Bargmann <ka0rny@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob_Deep wrote:
> 
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Bob_Deep wrote:
> >
> > > $ mkfs /dev/hda10
> > > mke2fs 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > > /dev/hda10: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> > > superblock
> >
> > Do you get the same thing with
> > $ mke2fs /dev/hda10
> >
> > [or whatever fs type]
> 
> It does the same thing.

Just going out on a limb here.  Does the Intel architecture (which I'm
assuming) allow more than /dev/hdx8?  IRC, hdx1-4 is the maximum number
of primary partitions allowed and hdx5-8 would be the four logical
partitions allowed in an extended partition.  I'm also not quite sure,
but I think if a drive has up to hdx4, then an extended partition cannot
be created.  I think it is a limitation of the partition table and the
BIOS.

It's been over two years since I played extensively with fdisk, and I
think I wanted five partitions on this IDE HD, but could only create
three primary and then the extended, if memory serves (and it probably
won't...).

- Nate >>

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