I am attempting to learn about Ubuntu by creating a 13.04 SAMBA server. I have installed the basic server on one disk and created a LVG from 2 further disks. I have created a LV using all of the free space on the VG.
I am unable to install a file system.
sudo mkfs -t xfs /dev/group1/data returns an error of "no such file or directory". mkfs does not appear in bin (should it?).
I then tried sudo apt-get install mkfs and, after building the dependancy tree and reading the state information, i get "unable to locate package mkfs".
Best Answer
The mkfs program should be at /sbin/mkfs under Ubuntu; however it calls filesystem-specific subprograms depending on the -t < type > parameter e.g. mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4 and so on. In the case of xfs, that program (mkfs.xfs) is not installed by default but should be part of the xfsprogs package - so you probably need to install that, either via your favorite GUI package manager or