mkfs.ext4: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size

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On 11/29/2011 02:54 PM, jackson byers wrote:
> trying to format a partition  as ext4
> getting following error
> 
> [root at f14 ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc7
> mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
> mkfs.ext4: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size
> [root at f14 ~]#
> 
> I did this same command earlier today and it worked.
> 
> Since then, I made some kind of error copying to that partition,
> after it was mounted to /mnt/sdc7.
> So I was trying to reformat.


   try this:

    # yum install gparted
    # gparted


  It will help you.

  gene