not able to create XFS filesystem

not able to create XFS filesystem

[chandrasekar mahalingam]

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

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 . 

Please let me know as what needs to be done to proceed
further.

Thanks & Regards
M.Chandrasekar.


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Re: not able to create XFS filesystem

[Alexander Apprich]

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

Re: not able to create XFS filesystem

[Eric Sandeen]

Alexander Apprich wrote:
> 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 :-)

*nod* that's xwindows.

>> 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

It's not officially or unofficially supported.  It's completely not 
supported and not present.  If you really need supported xfs in RHEL 
you'll have to ask Red Hat for that, and I wish you luck.  :)

> http://atrpms.net/dist/el4/

Or http://sandeen.net/rhel4_xfs

that contains a module rpm so you can run xfs in the stock RHEL kernel.

you'll need userspace too, probably simplest to get a recent xfsprogs 
src.rpm from FC6 and the rpmbuild --rebuild xfsprogs-<foo>.src.rpm

The above combination should work well for you.

-Eric

> But the kernel also need to support xfs.
> 
> 
> Hth
> 
> Alex
> 
>