Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f4BGRwP10259 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Fri, 11 May 2001 09:27:58 -0700 Received: from mail.innovation-tk.com (mail.innovation-tk.com [62.49.246.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f4BGRtF10248 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 09:27:56 -0700 Received: from mark (mark.innovation-tk.com [192.168.0.15]) by mail.innovation-tk.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA23153 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 17:27:54 +0100 From: "Mark Wolforth" To: Subject: XFS mkfs problem. Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:27:51 +0100 Message-ID: <000001c0da37$53365520$0f00a8c0@mark.innovation-tk.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hello, I am trying to create a XFS file system on a Storage Concepts FibreBlock Fibre Channel disk array. I create a Linux partition with fdisk, with the following parameters: ------------ Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9345 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 9345 300254724 83 Linux ------------ When I subsequently try to create the XFS file system I get: ------------ mkfs -t xfs -f /dev/sda1 meta-data=/dev/sda1 isize=256 agcount=287, agsize=261546 blks data = bsize=4096 blocks=75063681, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0 naming =version 2 bsize=4096 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=9163 realtime =none extsz=65536 blocks=0, rtextents=0 mkfs.xfs: read failed: Input/output error mkfs.xfs: data size check failed mkfs.xfs: mount initialization failed ------------ Although this fails, I can successfully create a Linux ext2 file system on the same partition, so I am confident that the physical hardware works. Additionally, I can successfully create a XFS file system on a local IDE hard disk, so I am fairly confident that the XFS stuff is correctly installed. cat /proc/filesystems suggests that XFS is supported by the kernel I am using, and I downloaded the latest XFS tools from the OSS SGI web site. Any idea why I cannot create the file system? Best regards, Mark. ==================================================== Mark Wolforth Email: mark@innovation-tk.com Senior Design Engineer Voice: +44(0)1992 553533 Innovation TK Limited Fax : +44(0)1992 558979