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#1 2014-12-31 20:56:22

Xzoron
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Registered: 2014-12-31
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mkfs.ext4 is unable to set a drive to the ext4 filesystem [SOLVED]

After partitioning my drive with cfdisk on the live installation media I then proceded to make sdc3 and sdc5 ext4, however, when I ran the command "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc3" I got the error "/dev/sdc3 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here!" so then I ran "mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sdc3" to force the operation but it returned the same error when I don't even have the drive mounted.

My "fdisk -l" output was ;
http://sprunge.us/VSYM

My "mount" output was;
http://sprunge.us/efFU

I then tried it on another pc I had Arch Linux installed on and got the same stuff (the drive was sdb on this pc);
http://puu.sh/dRYmJ/358b14d45e.txt

So what do I need to do to make these partitions ext4?

EDIT: I discovered that after I use cfdisk in the livecd the output changes for "mkfs" and ""lsblk" before cfdisk the output for the error of "mkfs.ext4" is "Error: error checking /dev/sdb3 status: No such file or directory" and "lsblk" is http://sprunge.us/EgaB after I use cfdisk the output of "lsblk" is http://sprunge.us/FJPF

EDIT2: The solution was found at http://www.overclockers.com/forums/show … ost6749336

Last edited by Xzoron (2015-01-01 01:43:05)

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