Re: Invalid token?

[Joel Granados]

----- "Sebastian Tennant" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> Here's the partition table of my external drive:
> 
>  GNU Parted 1.8.9
>  Using /dev/sde
>  Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
>  (parted) print
>  Model: Maxtor OneTouch II (scsi)
>  Disk /dev/sde: 300GB
>  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
>  Partition Table: msdos
> 
>  Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>   1      32.3kB  10.0GB  10.0GB  primary   ext3              
>   2      10.0GB  30.0GB  20.0GB  primary   fat32             
>   3      30.0GB  60.0GB  30.0GB  primary   ext3              
>   4      60.0GB  300GB   240GB   extended                    
>   5      60.0GB  120GB   60.0GB  logical   ext3              
>   6      120GB   180GB   60.0GB  logical                     
> 
> I've created the new logical partition 6 using parted no problem, but
> when I go to put an ext3 filesystem on it I get the following warning
> and error message:
> 
>  (parted) mkfs 6 ext3
>  Warning: The existing file system will be destroyed and all data on
> the
>  partition will be lost. Do you want to continue?
>  parted: invalid token: 6
>  Yes/No? no
>  (parted) 

Yep, the CLI for parted nees some work.  Additionally parted is headed toward a 
more "do the filesystem stuff with a separate program" kindof approach.  So you 
would be better off using mkfs for this.

> 
> It's the 'invalid token' bit that I'm worried about.  If parted
> doesn't
> know which partition I'm talking about I stand to lose an awful lot
> of
> data!
> 
> Is it safe for me to continue?
> 
> Sebastian
> 
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