On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 14:10 -0800, Cliff White wrote: > Ali Algarrous wrote: > > My name is Ali Algarrous and I'm doing a research about Lustre file > > systesm. > > > > I'm running Debian on my machine and after a long time I was able to > > install Lustre on my machine. I was able to format devices and mount > > clients and servers easily but I had to reinstall the OS. So I started > > the process of installing Lustre again and this time it was really > > easy. > > > > However, I came across another problem. When i'm running this > > command: mkfs.lustre --fsname datafs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > > > I get the following error messgae: > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > gog:~# mkfs.lustre --fsname spfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > > > Permanent disk data: > > Target: spfs-MDTffff > > Index: unassigned > > Lustre FS: spfs > > Mount type: ldiskfs > > Flags: 0x75 > > (MDT MGS needs_index first_time update ) > > Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr > > Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups > > > > > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: loop device requires a --device-size= param > > > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: Loop device setup for /dev/sda3 failed: Invalid > > argument > > mkfs.lustre: exiting with 22 (Invalid argument) > > _______________________________________________________________________ This is bug 14647. Lustre wrong assume about use loop device if real block device not exist. check you /dev directory for sda3 entry.
-- Alex Lyashkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lustre Group, Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
