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Re: warning

To: Thomas Kirk <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: warning
From: Stephen Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 03:43:53 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
References: <20011031102359.E20383@mmstreaming.dk>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Thomas Kirk wrote:

> Im getting this info when im trying to create xfs filesystem on 400GB
> system :
>
> whatever:~# mkfs -t xfs -f /dev/sdb
> mkfs.xfs: warning - cannot set blocksize on block device /dev/sdb: Invalid 
> argument
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You need a newer mkfs - the ioctl to do the set blocksize was removed, since we 
no
longer
needed it. The warning is actually harmless though.

Steve

>
>
> meta-data=/dev/sdb               isize=256    agcount=100, agsize=1048576 blks
> data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=104248032, imaxpct=25
>          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0
> naming   =version 2              bsize=4096
> log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=12725
> realtime =none                   extsz=65536  blocks=0, rtextents=0
>
> It exits fine and i can mount the disk afterward but somehow im not
> satisfied? Could somebody tell me if this is okie or not?
>
> --
> Venlig hilsen/Kind regards
> Thomas Kirk
> ARKENA
> thomas(at)arkena(dot)com
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