doiggl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > - I rebooted and now 'modprobe -v reiser4' now shows activity: > # modprobe -v reiser4 > insmod > /lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/kernel/lib/lzo/lzo_compress.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/kernel/lib/lzo/lzo_decompress.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-default/weak-updates/reiser4.ko > > -- Next my blank disk shows up as /dev/sda .This is unformatted. > So I tried formatting it,and got the following error: > > # mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40 /dev/sda > mkfs.reiser4 1.0.6 > Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Hans Reiser, licensing governed by > reiser4progs/COPYING. > > Overriding the plugin profile by "create=ccreg40". > Block size 4096 will be used. > Linux 2.6.25.9-0.2-default is detected. > Error: Device /dev/sda is an entire harddrive, not just one partition. > > -- So next I created an extended partition (entire disk) it with YAST,that > worked, named /dev/sda1 > -- Next I tried to create a reiser4 filesystem on /dev/sda1 , and failed. > You might want some tutorial about hard disk basic concepts. Format logical partitions, not extended ones. Thanks, Edward. > > # mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40 /dev/sda1 > mkfs.reiser4 1.0.6 > Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Hans Reiser, licensing governed by > reiser4progs/COPYING. > > Overriding the plugin profile by "create=ccreg40". > Block size 4096 will be used. > Linux 2.6.25.9-0.2-default is detected. > Uuid ceb5d729-091b-4524-84b0-2d014f297842 will be used. > Reiser4 is going to be created on /dev/sda1. > (Yes/No): y > Error: Requested filesystem size (0) is too small. Reiser4 required > minimal size 25 blocks long. > Error: Can't create filesystem on /dev/sda1. > > # mkfs.reiser4 -V > mkfs.reiser4 1.0.6 > > The commands I used both failed. > Question: How do I format (say 10GB) size part of the disk with > mkfs.reiser4 with compression as well and what am I missing from the > command ? > > Thankyou > Glenn > > >> Jeff Wrote >> Ok... But does the mount fail? >> >> -- >> Jeff Mahoney (mobile) >> SuSE Labs >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
