jason@gunther:~$ sudo cfdisk -P s /dev/hda
Partition Table for /dev/hda
First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
1 Primary 0 23438834 63 23438835 Linux (83) None
2 Primary 23438835 25398764 0 1959930 Extended (05) None
5 Logical 23438835 25398764 63 1959930 Linux swap / So (82) None
3 Primary 25398765 234436544 0 209037780 Linux (83) None
jason@gunther:~$ su -
Password:
gunther:~# mkfs
mkfs mkfs.cramfs mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.minix
gunther:~# mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda3
mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
Could not stat /dev/hda3 --- No such file or directory
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?