On Sep 01, 2001 00:24 +0200, svetljo wrote: > it works with IMB's JFS > when i try mkfs -t reiserfs -f /dev/myData/SRC it segfaults : > > [root@svetljo mnt]# mkfs -t reiserfs -f /dev/myData/SRC > mkreiserfs, 2001 - reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j > =================================================================== > LEAF NODE (8211) contains level=1, nr_items=2, free_space=3932 rdkey > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > |###|type|ilen|f/sp| loc|fmt|fsck| > key | > | | | |e/cn| | > |need| | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Segmentation fault > > isn't that a bit strange that reiserfs and xfs doesn't handle it, but > jfs does It could just be lucky that JFS works, depending on access patterns. > and the one with ext2 : > > [root@svetljo mnt]# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/myData/SRC > mke2fs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=4096 (log=2) > Fragment size=4096 (log=2) > 786432 inodes, 1572864 blocks > 78643 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > First data block=0 > 48 block groups > 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group > 16384 inodes per group > Superblock backups stored on blocks: > 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736 > > Writing inode tables: Segmentation fault Then it is definitely not anything to do with the filesystem itself (although it may be with the XFS patch). Try a kernel without the XFS patch and see if this makes a difference. Maybe it is a bad interaction between XFS, RAID, LVM? Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert