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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net> |
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> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 1:16 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where is 'mke2fs' ? |
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> On 11/17/22 15:30, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > I need to rewrite the filesystem on a USB stick after it got damaged. |
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> > My notes tell me to use 'mke2fs', but 'which' doesn't find it : |
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> > has it been replaced by something else ? |
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> > I have 'e2fsprogs' installed, but there's no 'man' file for it & it |
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> > doesn't seem to create filesystems. |
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> > There is a utility 'sys-fs/genext2fs', which I emerged & looked at, |
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> > but it's not clear whether it does the simple job I need. |
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> > |
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> > Can anyone advise ? |
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> On my system, /sbin/mke2fs is part of sys-fs/e2fsprogs-2.46.5-r3 with the tools USE FLAG set. |
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Does your PATH perhaps simply not contain /sbin ? Some people do that for... reasons...
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