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(parted) help mkpart mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition PART-TYPE is one of: primary, logical, extended FS-TYPE is one of: ext3, ext2, fat32, fat16, hfsx, hfs+, hfs, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, hp-ufs, sun-ufs, xfs, apfs2, apfs1, asfs, amufs5, amufs4, amufs3, amufs2, amufs1, amufs0, amufs, affs7, affs6, affs5, affs4, affs3, affs2, affs1, affs0 START and END are disk locations, such as 4GB or 10%. Negative values count from the end of the disk. For example, -1s specifies exactly the last sector. mkpart makes a partition without creating a new file system on the partition. FS-TYPE may be specified to set an appropriate partition ID. However, info parted fails to list ext3. Which has only been out -- what 5 years? Anyway, we should cross check the info pages and make sure that they accurately represent the program's current state because the man page is so weak and because the info pages are supposed to be the definitive reference. This event sent from IssueTracker by mpoole [Support Engineering Group] issue 181315
Created attachment 307366 [details] possible patch for manpage and info page
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 429326 ***
re-opening as this is not resolved in the claimed duplicate.
What was addressed in the duplicate was the parted documentation. I added to the known issues section the fact the ext3 is not supported. The patch that you propose is directed to the man page, which has already been handled with a comment. I will do the same thing in the texi documentation. What appears in comment #0 is not in any way related to the texi or man page files. It is hard coded in parted. This will also required a comment of some sort. I prefer the comment as apposed to erasing the "ext3" string because parted detects ext3 and it does not support it currently, but it will shortly. I know it came out a long time ago, but this will be done shortly.
Are there any more commands besides `help mkpart` that show the ext3 fs?
The resize command also had this issue. I also changed that.
This will be availabel in parted-1.8.1-19
parted.info: Node: mkfs - doesn't list ext3 Node: mkpart - doesn't list ext3 Node: mkpartfs - doesn't list ext3 Node: resize - lists ext3 in supported filesystems parted.8.gz: mkfs partition fs-type - doesn't list ext3 mkpart part-type - doesn't list ext3 Joel, can you clarify what is the current situation with parted? As I understand some operations doesn't work on ext3 file systems. Can you specify which do work and ext3 should be listed along side with the parted command and which not?
Isn't there a message along the lines of : " Currently parted does not support ext3 resizing, please use resize2fs instead " in the parted info pages, I mean.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0110.html