Hi All,
i am getting below error while executing mkfs after creating a new partition in linux
/dev/sda2 is apparently in use by the system ; will not make a filesystem here.
Anyone having any idea , how to solve this problem
thanks
Sure that /dev/sda2 the new partition? Is it mounted?
These commands might give you some insight:
mount | grep sda2
swapon -s | grep sda2
pvs | grep sda2
I bet, the device is in use as swapspace.