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Can someone explain this to me please? ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mke2fs -j /dev/hdb3 mke2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) /dev/hdb3 is mounted; will not make a filesystem here! ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo umount /dev/hdb3 umount: /dev/hdb3: ...
  1. 02-22-2008 #1
    phoenixfire
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    Mount problems

    Can someone explain this to me please?

    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mke2fs -j /dev/hdb3
    mke2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
    /dev/hdb3 is mounted; will not make a filesystem here!
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo umount /dev/hdb3
    umount: /dev/hdb3: not mounted

    I'm thinking about trying:
    sudo mke2fs -F -F -j /dev/hdb3

    probably not the best thing to do... but i'm stuck for ideas.

    Can anyone help before i blow up my hd.
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  2. 02-22-2008 #2
    Legolasz
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    Is there really a filesystem mounted on /dev/hdb3?
    do a fdisk -l to see the available partitions and then run the command against the desired partition
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    Post the output of df -h command too.

    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l
df -h
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