fs type Linux not supported by kernel

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: fs type Linux not supported by kernel
started by: calmchess

Posted by calmchess on May 29 2005,05:47

I've been attempting to create and mount a "writeable partition on my harddrive for 3 hours....i keep getting the error fs type Linux not supported by kernel ......If i don't specify the fs type i get the error .......you must specify the system file type........
what am i doing wrong? will somebody plz explain how to create a mountable partition.?

Posted by cbagger01 on May 30 2005,15:09

OK.

Open an xterminal and type:

sudo su
cfdisk /dev/hda

where /dev/hda is the device name for your hard drive
IDE Primary Master drive = hda
IDE Primary Slave drive = hdb
IDE Secondary Master drive = hdc
IDE Secondary Slave drive = hdd
First SCSI or USB drive = sda
Seoncd SCSI or USB drive = sdb
etc...

For most people, their hard drive is located at /dev/hda

Use the keyboard commands in cfdisk to create a new "Linux" partition type and write your new partition table and then exit. On paper, write down the location of your new partition. In other words, 1st partition is hda1, 3rd partition is hda3. In this example, the partition will be located at hda3.

Some people like to reboot at this point, so lets do it just to be safe.

After rebooting, open an xterminal window and type:

sudo su
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda3
mkdir /mnt/hda3
mount -t ext2 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3

and your new partition is now accessable if you go into the /mnt/hda3 directory.

Unfortunately, if you are not user "root", you will be unable to save any files.

One way to fix this is to reboot and let the DSL/KNOPPIX autodetection discover your new partition and add it to /etc/fstab for you.

After rebooting, open the emelfm file manager and go to the /mnt directory.

Then Right-Click on the "hda3" subdirectory and choose Mount from the menu.

Mission Accomplished.