$ fdisk -l
Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512)
Disk /dev/sdb: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 912 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 3 96264 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 46 912 27856710 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb3 4 45 1349460 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
peteb@max-power:~/ipod$ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb3
mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
Could not stat /dev/sdb3 --- No such file or directory
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?