Re: Not able to create xfs fs on hde5(logical)

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Bo -

Please cut and paste the exact error message from mkfs.xfs.  Also, which
version of xfsprogs are you using?

-Eric

On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 07:45, bokw@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I've used xfs before and it have been working very good, but this time when
> I tried doing "#mkfs.xfs /dev/hde5" I got seem to already be a fs (DOS) ; use
> -f to force overwrite.
> 
> I've done:
> #mkfs.xfs -f /dev/hde5 , but Iam gettin a help prompt same as doing
> "mkfs.xfs"
> Same useing mkfs -t xfs /dev/hde5
> 
> hde5 is a locial partition. What shall I do to be able useing mkfs.xfs
> properly ?