Format ext3 partition on Linux

[mikeshn]

I use the command to format the partition mke2fs dev/hda1
But this command doesn't work

How can I format ext3 partition?

Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

mkext3fs?

 

[cleverhandle]

mke2fs -j

"j" being for journal, of course. Capital "J" lets you specify the journal size if you're picky

 

[mikeshn]

Got the error message

[root@localhost sbin]# mke2fs -j /dev/hda7
bash: mke2fs: command not found

 

[cleverhandle]

It should be there somewhere unless you did a custom install and left out e2fsprogs. Try "locate mke2fs" - it should be in /sbin, but maybe it ended up somewhere else. Or perhaps your $PATH is messed up.

 

[lowtech1]

Try find or whereis mke2fs or mk2fs.ext3

 

[Nothinman]

run 'su -' not just 'su'