Creating ext4 file system as root fails in RHEL 5.7

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Issue

  • Command "mkfs -t ext4" by root is unable to create file system:
> mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1  
> mkfs.ext4: No such file or directory
  • Missing utility to create ext4 filesystem.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.7

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