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#1 2013-08-11 13:04:59
- grenzfrequence
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mkswap and mkfs not working
with fdisk i created partition /dev/sdb6
now i want to create swap partition with mkswap -L swap /dev/sdb6
i get error message dev/sdb6: Device or resource busy
but there is nothing, because i just created this partition.
what is the problem here?
the same with mkfs.ext4
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#2 2013-08-11 13:24:58
- nTia89
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Re: mkswap and mkfs not working
is it mounted ?
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#3 2013-08-14 10:09:24
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Re: mkswap and mkfs not working
You can always try to reboot and then try to issue the mkswap /dev/sda6 command.
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#4 2013-08-14 11:00:34
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Re: mkswap and mkfs not working
Reboot doesn't solve the problem. Mounting is not possible.
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#5 2013-08-14 23:24:14
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Re: mkswap and mkfs not working
Post fdisk -l. Please use code tags when you do so.
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