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gemma

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Registered: 2012-07-11

Posts: 98

new install shell rejects valid mkfs options

i like to format my linux partitions with

mkfs.ext4 -m 2 -O ^has_journal,extent,..............etc

this is being rejected as incorrect switches by the new install shell when they are valid params,

thanks

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: new install shell rejects valid mkfs options

Please post the complete command you are using...

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gemma

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Registered: 2012-07-11

Posts: 98

Re: new install shell rejects valid mkfs options

mkfs.ext4 -L arch -m 2 -O ^has_journal,extent,sparse_super,^resize_inode,filetype,dir_index,flex_bg /dev/sda3

but its the -O options its complaining about, probably ^has_journal

Last edited by gemma (2012-08-30 14:50:14)

mhertz

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2010-06-19

Posts: 681

Re: new install shell rejects valid mkfs options

Quote the command-line, to avoid the shell interpreting the circumflex as a negation operator, as the default shell is zsh with extended globbing enabled...

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: new install shell rejects valid mkfs options

I had a similar issue and this thread came up in a google search. FWIW, mhertz's suggestion (I quoted just the options string) worked for me.

Last edited by alphaniner (2013-01-31 15:18:46)

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