2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Justin Piszcz]

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Kernel = 2.6.27.10
Parted = 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1

Can anyone help explain the problem here?

After a reboot:

p34:~# mount /dev/sda1 /r1
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

(from dmesg)
[   75.325551] XFS: bad magic number
[   75.325557] XFS: SB validate failed

p34:~# xfs_repair -n /dev/sda1
Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
bad primary superblock - bad magic number !!!

attempting to find secondary superblock...
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................< no go >

So I re-did what I did before the reboot, this time though I removed the 
old partition and created a new one just as I did before.

p34:~# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 1.8.8
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p 
Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 13.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
  1      17.4kB  13.0TB  13.0TB  xfs

(parted) rm 1
(parted) print 
Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 13.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags

(parted) q 
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

p34:~# od -c -N 2000 /dev/sda
0000000  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
*
0000700 001  \0   î   þ   ÿ   ÿ 001  \0  \0  \0   ÿ   ÿ   ÿ   ÿ  \0  \0
0000720  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
*
0000760  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0   U   ª
0001000   E   F   I       P   A   R   T  \0  \0 001  \0   \  \0  \0  \0
0001020   ; 213   #   Ë  \0  \0  \0  \0 001  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0001040   ÿ   ÿ   a   é 005  \0  \0  \0   "  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0001060   Þ   ÿ   a   é 005  \0  \0  \0   ï   *   w   p   ê   £  \a   @
0001100   ©   ²   Þ 212 225   #   ½ 206 002  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
0001120 200  \0  \0  \0 200  \0  \0  \0 206   Ò   T   «  \0  \0  \0  \0
0001140  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
*
0003720


p34:~# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 1.8.8
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p 
Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 13.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags

(parted) mklabel gpt 
Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sda will be destroyed and all data on
this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?
parted: invalid token: gpt
Yes/No? yes 
New disk label type?  [gpt]? 
(parted) p 
Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 13.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags

(parted) mkpart 
Partition name?  []? 
File system type?  [ext2]? xfs 
Start? 0 
End? 13T 
(parted) p 
Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 13.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
  1      17.4kB  13.0TB  13.0TB  xfs

(parted) quit 
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

p34:~# mount /dev/sda1 /r1
p34:~# df -h
/dev/sda1              12T  2.2T  9.8T  18% /r1

Is this normal?  Now everything is fine etc, how come this information is 
not kept across reboots?  Are partitions broken > 10T?

p34:~# od -c -N 200000 /dev/sda| grep -E '^.*X*F*S.*$'
0042000   X   F   S   B  \0  \0 020  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0   ½   ,   ?   ÷

p34:~# od -c -N 200000 /dev/sda| nl | grep -E '^.*X*F*S.*$'
     20  0042000   X   F   S   B  \0  \0 020  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0   ½   ,   ?   ÷

How come the information is 'lost' after a reboot?

I have done this same process with ext3 and no issues when the partition is
less than 6TiB, am I hitting some kind of bug here with parted or XFS?

Justin.

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 08:36:17AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Kernel = 2.6.27.10
> Parted = 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1
>
> Can anyone help explain the problem here?

Can you post your kernel .config file?

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Justin Piszcz]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 08:36:17AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Kernel = 2.6.27.10
>> Parted = 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1
>>
>> Can anyone help explain the problem here?
>
> Can you post your kernel .config file?
>

http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/20081223/config-2.6.27.10.txt

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09:50:26AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 08:36:17AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> >> Kernel = 2.6.27.10
> >> Parted = 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1
> >>
> >> Can anyone help explain the problem here?
> >
> > Can you post your kernel .config file?
> >
> 
> http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/20081223/config-2.6.27.10.txt

Without CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION the kernel won't find your gpt labels.  See 

	http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Why_does_my_.3E_2TB_XFS_partition_disappear_when_I_reboot_.3F

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Justin Piszcz]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09:50:26AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 08:36:17AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>>> Kernel = 2.6.27.10
>>>> Parted = 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help explain the problem here?
>>>
>>> Can you post your kernel .config file?
>>>
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/20081223/config-2.6.27.10.txt
>
> Without CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION the kernel won't find your gpt labels.  See
>
> 	http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Why_does_my_.3E_2TB_XFS_partition_disappear_when_I_reboot_.3F
>
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Christoph,

Thank you-- enabled, rebooted, success.

Steps performed/location in menuconfig:

$ make menuconfig
$ File systems
$ Partition Types
$ Hit 'Y'
$ Enable this: [X] EFI GUID Partition support (NEW)

Better question as well, need to find out if KNOPPIX or distro-CDs support 
this option, if one to boot into recovery and this option was not 
enabled.. that would not be fun.

Justin.

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Eric Sandeen]

Justin Piszcz wrote:


> Better question as well, need to find out if KNOPPIX or distro-CDs support 
> this option, if one to boot into recovery and this option was not 
> enabled.. that would not be fun.

I'd think most do... Fedora does, at least.

-Eric

Re: 2.6.27.10: cannot mount xfs filesystem partition (12TiB) after reboot

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:03:59AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Justin Piszcz wrote:
> 
> 
> > Better question as well, need to find out if KNOPPIX or distro-CDs support 
> > this option, if one to boot into recovery and this option was not 
> > enabled.. that would not be fun.
> 
> I'd think most do... Fedora does, at least.

It might be time to have gpt partition support in the x86 defconfig, and
without CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED.