I was in similar situation recently. How big is your diskOnkey? The default journal size is 128MB. This is the amount of diskspace kept aside for journaling per journal count/node. Try bringing it down to the minimum 32MB. gfs_mkfs -p lock_nolock -j 1 -J 32 /dev/sda1 thanks, Sridhar Cisco System, Inc > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Ryden > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:53 AM > To: linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: gfs_mkfs on diskOnKey - what is the > minimumrequired size ? > > Hello, > > I want to install GFS1 on diskOnKey; What is the minimum size required > for the gfs_mkfs to succeed ? > When I try > gfs_mkfs -p lock_nolock -j 1 /dev/sda1 > I get : > gfs_mkfs: Partition too small for number/size of journals > > And "man gfs_mkfs" or google could not help much. > > Regards, > Mark > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
