On 16 Jan 2002, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> >>>>> "Andrej" == Andrej Filipcic <Andrej.Filipcic@xxxxxx> writes:
>
> Andrej> I am trying to use xfs on alpha, however there are some
> Andrej> problems with lost disklabel. I have created a disklabel with
> Andrej> one partition for entire disk. Then I formatted the drive and
> Andrej> mount it. However in this case the disklabel is lost. I have
> Andrej> to recreate it and then restore xfs with
> Andrej> xfs_repair. xfs_repair destroys the disklabel, but I can still
> Andrej> mount the partition. Is there something overlaping between
> Andrej> the label and partition?
>
> Yep. Avoid using the first cylinder on the disk for XFS filesystems.
>
> Unlike ext2, XFS places its superblock right at the beginning of the
> partition.
>
> My Red Hat/Alpha XFS installer should warn you about this. Don't know
> if you used that to do the install.
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No, I have installed it by hand. Thanks, it works...
Andrej
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