Re: bugzilla entries for XFS in Fedora Core 2 test 3

[Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Seth.

> > > I did a test install for Fedora Core 2 test 3 using XFS.
> > > In order to enable XFS in the Fedora installer, when the installer boots
> > > up, at the very first prompt, enter "linux xfs" (or "linux text xfs" to
> > > run the installer in text mode).
> > > I've found a few bugs which i filed to Bugzilla:
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
> > > The numbers of the bugs are:
> > > 122017
> > looks like redhat is getting lazy here
> >
> > > 122018
> > ditto
> >
> > > 122043
> > XFS does labels just fine, something else is going on here, in fact I
> > have a fedora core setup which is all XFS (except /boot because of
> > the grub issue). I have about 4 filesystems which all mount fine,
> > but I am using device mapper for them all which probably changes
> > the mount sequence.
>
> Because XFS labels can not be as long as the ext2/3 variants some of the 
> mountpoints are botched if it is mounted deep in the structure.
> The label will then not be set on the device and thus the filesystem can 
> not be mounted during install I believe.
> This is an older issue, because of this XFS mount by label was disabled 
> since the 1.0.2 series IIRC.
What's the limit of label length?

I believe there's a setting in anaconda one can make and the bug
could well be that anaconda doesn't honor that flag, but I believe
it's there.

So either it's not set / set too high or it's not honored.

So what is the max length of the label?

// Stefan