and here are the results of mkfs ############################################################### ######### linus-2.4.9 lvm-1.0.1rc1 ################### ############################################################### [root@svetljo root]# 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 [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t ext2 -f /dev/myData/SRC mke2fs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 mkfs.ext2: bad fragment size - /dev/myData/SRC ################################################################ ########### linux-2.4.9-ac5 lvm-1.0 ######################## ################################################################ [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t reiserfs /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 [root@svetljo root]# 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 [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t ext2 -f /dev/myData/SRC mke2fs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 mkfs.ext2: bad fragment size - /dev/myData/SRC [root@svetljo root]# 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 ##################################################################### ### and linux-2.4.10-pre2-xfs lvm-1.0.1rc2 ####### ##################################################################### [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t reiserfs /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 [root@svetljo root]# 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 [root@svetljo root]# 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 [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t ext2 -f /dev/myData/SRC mke2fs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 mkfs.ext2: bad fragment size - /dev/myData/SRC [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t xfs /dev/myData/SRC meta-data=/dev/myData/SRC isize=256 agcount=8, agsize=196608 blks data = bsize=4096 blocks=1572864, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0 naming =version 2 bsize=4096 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=1200 realtime =none extsz=65536 blocks=0, rtextents=0 [root@svetljo root]# mkfs -t xfs -f /dev/myData/SRC meta-data=/dev/myData/SRC isize=256 agcount=8, agsize=196608 blks data = bsize=4096 blocks=1572864, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0 naming =version 2 bsize=4096 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=1200 realtime =none extsz=65536 blocks=0, rtextents=0