From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:32:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.belwue.de (smtp2.belwue.de [129.143.2.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id kBFEWRqw019608 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:32:28 -0800 Received: from scmail.science-computing.de (blackhole.science-computing.de [193.197.16.3]) by smtp2.belwue.de with ESMTP id kBFEHU63028101 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:17:33 +0100 (MET) env-from (a.apprich@science-computing.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scmail.science-computing.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509FC715E3F1 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:17:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from scmail.science-computing.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (obitest [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25200-02 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:17:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.10.16.1] (elmstreet.science-computing.de [10.10.16.1]) by scmail.science-computing.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF7170F72B4 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:17:23 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4582AE73.9080409@science-computing.de> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:17:23 +0100 From: Alexander Apprich MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: not able to create XFS filesystem References: <743683.94860.qm@web32704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <743683.94860.qm@web32704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Hi, chandrasekar mahalingam wrote: > Hi > my RHEL 4 machine (Linux spea44 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 > SMP Wed Jul 12 23:32:02 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 > GNU/Linux) has the rpm installed for XFS . > > xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.36 and > xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.36 > those packages have nothing to do with the XFS filesystem :-) > when i try to create a file system using > "mkfs -t xfs /dev/sekarvg/simple1" it says "mkfs.XFS: > No such file or directory" . "lsmod|grep -i xfs " does > not list xfs . > AFAIK the XFS filesystem isn't officially supported by RedHat. You might get them from someplace else like http://atrpms.net/dist/el4/ But the kernel also need to support xfs. Hth Alex