On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 06:21:04AM -0800, Nick Jennings wrote: > > Hi, > I have an extra system sitting around I figured I'd install the hurd on. > problem is that after doing a: > > mke2fs -O sparse_super -o hurd /dev/hda8 > (which is a 975mb partition) > > I try to mount it with: > > mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/hurd > > And I get the following message: > > EXT2-fs: 03:08: couldn't mount RDWR because of unsupported optional features. > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda8 > or too many mounted file systems > > There is no hurd filesystem support in the kernel, and I remember > hearing it's just a slightly modified ext2 partition, right? so > it should be supported along with ext2? so what am I doing wrong > here? > > running: Debain GNU/Linux (potato) kernel 2.2.18 pre21
Mmh. That's strange, but it seems that your kernel doesn't support the sparse_super extension. Try mke2fs with "-O none" instead "-O sparse_super". I think 2.2.18 should support this, though. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
