/etc/mke2fs.conf gentoo [defaults] base_features = sparse_super,large_file,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr default_mntopts = acl,user_xattr enable_periodic_fsck = 0 blocksize = 4096 inode_size = 256 inode_ratio = 16384 [fs_types] ext3 = { features = has_journal } ext4 = { features = has_journal,extent,huge_file,flex_bg,64bit,dir_nlink,extra_isize inode_size = 256 } ext4dev = { features = has_journal,extent,huge_file,flex_bg,inline_data,64bit,dir_nlink,extra_isize inode_size = 256 options = test_fs=1 } small = { blocksize = 1024 inode_size = 128 inode_ratio = 4096 } floppy = { blocksize = 1024 inode_size = 128 inode_ratio = 8192 } big = { inode_ratio = 32768 } huge = { inode_ratio = 65536 } news = { inode_ratio = 4096 } largefile = { inode_ratio = 1048576 blocksize = -1 } largefile4 = { inode_ratio = 4194304 blocksize = -1 } hurd = { blocksize = 4096 inode_size = 128 } changed like this , other linux can reconizes the device that parted by gentoo [defaults] base_features = sparse_super,large_file,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr default_mntopts = acl,user_xattr enable_periodic_fsck = 0 blocksize = 4096 inode_size = 256 inode_ratio = 16384 [fs_types] ext3 = { features = has_journal } ext4 = { features = has_journal,extent,huge_file,flex_bg,uninit_bg,dir_nlink,extra_isize auto_64-bit_support=1 inode_size = 256 } ext4dev = { features = has_journal,extent,huge_file,flex_bg,inline_data,64bit,dir_nlink,extra_isize inode_size = 256 options = test_fs=1 } small = { blocksize = 1024 inode_size = 128 inode_ratio = 4096 } floppy = { blocksize = 1024 inode_size = 128 inode_ratio = 8192 } big = { inode_ratio = 32768 } huge = { inode_ratio = 65536 } news = { inode_ratio = 4096 } largefile = { inode_ratio = 1048576 blocksize = -1 } largefile4 = { inode_ratio = 4194304 blocksize = -1 } hurd = { blocksize = 4096 inode_size = 128 }
You will need to provide more specific information: 1. How are you invoking mk2fs? 2. What other Linux distros are you using? What versions? 3. What error(s) do you encounter on the other distros? 4. What exactly did you change in mke2fs.conf? Your copy/paste is unreadable.