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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>Hi,</div><div> I am a student currently pursuing my under-graduation and would love to use XFS. I believe it has a lot to offer and I Iook forwarding to testing and using it on an external device like a pen-drive (USB) for starters.</div><div> I was a bit confused on how to set up XFS. I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot (via rEFInd) with Mac OS X on MacBook Air 2013. </div><div> The various documentation available at xfs.org, surely is very informative and provides an elaborate description on XFS features. Setting XFS up however is where i am a bit stuck. From the various online material available, I found the following ways:</div><div><br></div><div>1) From terminal</div><div> # sudo apt-get install xfsprogs </div><div> # sudo apt-get install xfsdump</div><div> I believe it sets up the version 3.1.9.</div><div><br></div><div>2) Another method was, that i tried was downloading the tar file from the sgi link. It downloaded xfs-progs- </div><div> 3.2.1.tar.gz </div><div><br></div><div>3) From various discussions done online i found people changing a few settings in the $ make menuconfig GUI </div><div> screen, hence adding support for XFS.</div><div><br></div><div> I am also a bit confused on how to use the device name (USB pen drive) when i will run the mkfs.xfs as I heard it doesn't work for a mounted device.</div><div> I know you may be busy and my mail might seem a bit amateur, but I would really appreciate if you could guide me on how to setup XFS and run it for a USB device. Any link explaining the same would also be really appreciated. Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm Regards</div> </div></body>
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