On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/20/2016 12:15 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Weiner, Michael <weinerm@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> [root@raos_apps01 ~]# mke2fs -n /dev/sdb1 >>> mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) >>> mke2fs: Filesystem too large. No more than 2**31-1 blocks >>> (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported. >> >> >> Sounds like it's creating ext2 by default which is what I'd expect >> with this command. Use mkfs.ext3 instead or you need to pass '-t ext3 >> -O ^has_journal' to mke2fs. >> > I think you can just use -j to make it switch to ext3. > > But Michael, I thought you were trying to save the filesystem, not wipe it? I'm assuming he'll continue to use -n because if he doesn't it's toast. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org