From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "bo" Subject: Re: Mount and file system size issue Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:49:13 -0700 Message-ID: <000801c20e3a$df840b20$5701a8c0@bomoon> References: <8287102CFE5C31418556A13A4E5BEE91E95A77@sphynx.git.compgen.com> <3CFFB2CA.6020300@namesys.com> <001201c20d9e$73e5d070$5701a8c0@bomoon> <20020607112121.C12869@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Oleg Drokin Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com It is our new product. When I use ext2fs it mounts 120G filesystem successfully in about 3-4 seconds, but I waited for about an hour with the REISERFS, never came back. I know Linux 2.4.5 is far behind from the release. I want to know the reason why I have this MOUNTproblem for the big FS. Thanks, Bo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oleg Drokin" To: "bo" Cc: Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] Mount and file system size issue > Hello! > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 02:09:31PM -0700, bo wrote: > > > I am running the ARM-Linux, which is based on Debian 2.4.5. > > 2.4.5 is way too outdated for purposes of using reiserfs. > > > I tried to make and mount the reiserfs on 20G size, it was OK. > > However, for 120G size, it is OK to make the file system but > > I can not mount it. > > What do you mean by "cannot mount"? > What is the error message if you get one? > > > Most of time it never come back from "mount -reiserfs ". > > Ah, so it just mounts, but does very slow. > BTW, how you get 120GB on your ARM system? > Do you have IDE controller and HDD attached to it or is this something > accessed over network? > > > Is it really a problem of Linux revision? > > Should I upgrade my linux to 2.4.13 or above to make the REISERFS work? > > Upgrading to 2.4.18 is highly advisable. > > Bye, > Oleg >