mkfs on an unpartitioned disk

[Nuno Miguel Rodrigues <nmr@co.sapo.pt>]

Hello all,

The system is Linux 2.4.16-xfs on PC hardware.

I've run mkfs on an unpartitioned disk block device (eg, /dev/hda).
The case is that I've been experiencing random hangs (uninterruptible
sleep state) on I/O system calls.

Can anyone antecipate problems due to the usage of the referred block
device?

TIA,


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Nuno M. Rodrigues <nmr@co.sapo.pt>
Systems Administrator
SAPO - Servico de Apontadores Portugueses
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