hi Roger,
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:46:02PM -0500, Roger Moore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've just updated our cluster to use XFS and have noticed a problem with
> using 'LABEL=xxx' in the fstab file.
>
> The 'mount' command works fine with XFS labels (once you turn off devfs!).
> However the problem lies with the fsck command. The RedHat 7.1 system we
> have runs 'fsck -A...' at boot time which is needed for the remaining ext2
> partitions. This complains that it cannont find 'LABEL=xxx' for XFS
> partitions even when we configure /etc/fstab has f_passno=0 for the XFS
> mounts. Is there a patch out there for fsck to fix this problem?
>
could you try the attached patch and let me know how it goes?
I think we're getting bitten by the use of DEFAULT_FSTYPE (ext2)
in the fsck_device() routine... this should fix that.
> We are currently using e2fsprogs-1.21 from RawHide since it is needed for
> the 2.4.5-0.2.9 RawHide kernel which you have patched.
>
the patch is against e2fsprogs-1.22, but this code doesn't seem
to have changed for awhile and should patch cleanly to 1.21 too.
if it works, let me know & I'll forward on to Ted.
thanks.
--
Nathan
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