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Re: linux/xfs mount problem - 512byte cluster size

To: rob <rob@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: linux/xfs mount problem - 512byte cluster size
From: Austin Gonyou <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 09:54:20 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <3AF7D7DD.4E1D3934@xxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Is it possible to lowlevel the drive and reformat it properly?

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Austin Gonyou
Systems Architect, CCNA
Coremetrics, Inc.
Phone: 512-796-9023
email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Tue, 8 May 2001, rob wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've checked out 2.4.4-xfs  from cvs (i think this is the head branch)
> as I need to desperately access an Octane drives.
>
> The problem is the Octane has been formatted with a cluster size of 512
> bytes and the xfs driver for linux seems to only support 4096 bytes and
> therefore wont mount it.
>
> Any info on support for variable cluster sizes the driver supports ?
>
> Error reported by mount :
>
> XFS: Trying to mount file system with blocksize 512 bytes
> XFS: Only page-sized (4096 bytes) blocksize currently works.
> XFS: SB validate failed
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Rob Fielding.
> rob@xxxxxxxx
>


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