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coubeatczech

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From: Prague, CZ

Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 18

Cfdisk text interface error

Hello,
i want to create a new ext3 partition, and because parted cant do that, I tried to use cfdisk, but the interface is weird, beacuse it doesnt write any tabs or spaces.
http://pastebin.com/m7063e062
Do you know something about it, or can you recommend me another partitioning program that can create ext3?
Have a nice day,
coub

mikesd

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 788

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Re: Cfdisk text interface error

Hi coubeatczech,
partitioning and file system creation are two distinct steps. I'm surprised that parted can't do both of them though I don't use it myself.

For partitioning I just use fdisk and to create the filesystem mkfs.ext3.

fdisk has builtin help, just hit the m key. Obviously you should take care whenever you are messing around with partition tables. Double check you are making the correct changes on the correct disk!

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Cfdisk text interface error

Not sure what's causing those display glitches - reinstalling ncurses might help.

btw, parted can't create filesystems, just partitions - essentially, the same functionality as cfdisk or fdisk.

There are various frontends that combine partition and file system operations - gparted, for example.

coubeatczech

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From: Prague, CZ

Registered: 2009-02-04

Posts: 18

Re: Cfdisk text interface error

@ mikesd
okay, I used mkfs.ext3 for creating fs and it... worked
@ tomk
but parted does have the mkfs or mkpartfs commands, so what do they do? Do they call mkfs.* ?
@ both
Thanks guys

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Cfdisk text interface error

Apologies, my mistake. parted can create filesystems - not sure why it failed for you.