Adrian wrote: >> The partition table has been altered! >> >> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. >> Syncing disks. >> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. >> Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated. > Did you reboot before trying mke2fs /dev/hda3?? After rebooting 'mke2fs' created /dev/hda3 linux native partition. Thanks Jan