QUESTION
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quoted text
>How can I make an extended file system (linux 0.98.5 SLS) ?
>
>Typing:
> mkfs /dev/hda4 84816
>
>I always get:
>mkfs: number of blocks must be less than 65536.
>
>
>How can I use the 84 MBytes partition as one big partition ?
>

ANSWERS
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Just read your post about the extfs and I think your problem is a simple
one to solve.  You are using mkfs to make and extendd filesytem (err..trying)
when you should be using mkefs to make the extended system.

If you don't already have it, grab efsprogs10.1.tar.Z.  I know for sure
it's at tsx-11 in the ALPHA/extfs directory, and it's probably at most
other sites too.

So, something like
' mkefs /dev/hda4 84816'
    ^
substituting in your proper device and size should work!
Hope this helps

then when you mount it remember to add '-t ext' to the mount command,
for example
  mount /dev/hda4 /mnt -t ext


MORE ANSWERS
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You have to use emkfs (and later efsck) for extended partitions.
These progams should be in the SLS release (or get them
from 129.187.200.1 (munich))

You should use mkefs (and efsck)  Both are contained in
tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/ALPHA/extfs/efsprogs10.1.bin.tar.Z

I believe 'mkfs' uses Minix file system.  Thus, limited to 64 MB.  You
may want to try the 'emkfs' for extended file system.  You can get the
source code for it at tsx.  Good luck.


COMMENT:
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Thanks to all of you for the quick and good answers! The first answer I received
only 30 minutest after I had posted the question!!!

mkefs /dev/hda? size
worked just fine. In the SLS release, there is a manual page
about efsck describing how to use mkefs (no manual page for mkefs though).
It also describes the command efsck itself and the whole procedure of making
and mounting such a file system...

emkfs I don't have on my system.