From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i822B9305192 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:11:09 -0400 Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i822Awf8020480 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:11:03 -0400 Received: from dsl081-147-030.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO mozart.theboulets.net) (spboulet@[64.81.147.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 2 Sep 2004 02:10:57 -0000 From: Stephen Boulet Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:10:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409012110.57955.stephen@theboulets.net> Subject: [linux-lvm] Unable to format certain volumes with lvm2 & reiserfs Reply-To: stephen@theboulets.net, LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development I created some striped LVM2 volumes and I'm unable to format all but the first one. I did: << pvcreate /dev/sda5 pvcreate /dev/sdb5 vgcreate lvm2 /dev/sda5 /dev/sdb5 lvcreate -i2 -I4 -L100G -nhome lvm2 lvcreate -i2 -I4 -L20G -nusr lvm2 lvcreate -i2 -I4 -L10G -nopt lvm2 lvcreate -i2 -I4 -L10G -nvar lvm2 lvcreate -i2 -I4 -L5G -ntmp lvm2 >> Now I can do: mkreiserfs /dev/lvm2/home but trying the same thing on any of the other groups gives me: << # mkreiserfs -f /dev/lvm2/var mkreiserfs 3.6.18 (2003 www.namesys.com) [snip] Guessing about desired format.. Kernel 2.6.9-rc1 is running. reiserfs_create_journal: cannot create a journal of 8193 blocks with 18 offset on 4096 blocks >> However, ext3 works: << # mke2fs -j /dev/lvm2/opt mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 4096 inodes, 16384 blocks 819 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 2 block groups 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 2048 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (1024 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 27 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. >> Did I do something wrong with the initial setup? -- Stephen If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home"