<tt>]> It would be better to fix fdisk, something's not right</tt><br>
Excuse me but I'm not expert and confused... <br>
<blockquote><tt>~/# mkfs.ext2 DISK</tt><br>
Okay, watch it here. You're not creating a partition table
(aka. label) on DISK but a file system.
First the `n' command don't work and don't print an error message...
Yeah, can't create a partition when there's no partition table.
but my question is?<br>
Fdisk should work with a file without filesystem?<br>
Yes, definitely -- it's a partition editor, not a file system
editor. The real point here is that it should work with
plain files with or without partition tables.
GNU Parted can do this.
Do
$ parted DISK
(parted) mklabel
...
This will create a valid partition table on DISK.
Leslie
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