That could be the problem, then, because I did format them beforehand to be sure they had a 4k blocksize before I brought up Linux.
---- Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450 Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: Post, Mark K [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SuSE install frustration re: First DASD mount... > > Robert, > > By any chance were these disk volumes CMS formatted before starting the > Linux installation? If so, that is a known "no no." On 2.2 systems, the > CMS formatting confuses dasdfmt just enough that it thinks the whole volume > is formatted correctly, so it doesn't re-do the whole job, leaving it in an > unusable state. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nix, Robert P. [mailto:Nix.Robert@;mayo.edu] > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SuSE install frustration re: First DASD mount... > > -snip- > The way I got past the problem was to do the format and mke2fs myself, and > then tell YaST to leave the disk formatting alone on the creating > filesystems window. The manual would have you select a normal format for > each device, but this did not work. > > ---- > Robert P. Nix internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 > 200 1st St. SW page: 507-255-3450 > Rochester, MN 55905 > ---- > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, > but in practice, theory and practice are different."
