I do not have the command: mkfs.xfs on my system. Is it in some RPM I did not install ?
/stefano Luca Olivetti wrote:
Stefano Pogliani wrote:I think I certainly need some more help here.
1.
"You're not actually copying to the xfs filesystem, only to the directory /mnt/backup."
Does this mean that there is some other step to be done after formatting an XFS partition?
What does it mean writeing to a directory "without" copying to a
If the partition isn't mounted your /mnt/backup is a directory in the parent filesystem
filesystem ? 2. My /etc/fstab looks this way /dev/hda5 /mnt/backup xfs defaults 1 2ok, that's correct
3.
"The disk is formatted but no filesystem is created. I've not played much with XFS, but on most other filesystems the formatting and creation of the actual filesystem are separate steps."
How would I create a filesystem on the XFS formatted partition?
mkfs.xfs /dev/hda5 (see also man mkfs.xfs)
4.
"Your kernel does not support XFS or the module is not loaded. This would be unusual unless you've modified your kernel."
I did not modify my kernel. I am running MDK 8.2 standard (download edition)
I remember I had the same problem (couldn't create a new xfs partition) with diskdrake under 8.2. Got into the habit of making them manually so I didn't bother to see if newer versions of diskdrake fixed that.
Bye
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