Hello,
I am trying to create a XFS file system on a Storage Concepts FibreBlock
Fibre Channel disk array. I create a Linux partition with fdisk, with the
following parameters:
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Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9345 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9345 300254724 83 Linux
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When I subsequently try to create the XFS file system I get:
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mkfs -t xfs -f /dev/sda1
meta-data=/dev/sda1 isize=256 agcount=287, agsize=261546
blks
data = bsize=4096 blocks=75063681, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0
naming =version 2 bsize=4096
log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=9163
realtime =none extsz=65536 blocks=0, rtextents=0
mkfs.xfs: read failed: Input/output error
mkfs.xfs: data size check failed
mkfs.xfs: mount initialization failed
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Although this fails, I can successfully create a Linux ext2 file system on
the same partition, so I am confident that the physical hardware works.
Additionally, I can successfully create a XFS file system on a local IDE
hard disk, so I am fairly confident that the XFS stuff is correctly
installed.
cat /proc/filesystems suggests that XFS is supported by the kernel I am
using, and I downloaded the latest XFS tools from the OSS SGI web site.
Any idea why I cannot create the file system?
Best regards,
Mark.
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