>>>>> "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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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.linuxcare.com/
SGI XFS for Linux Developer, http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
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