Re: Bug#369285: reiserfsprogs: can't mount reiserfs volume with 8kb block size

Re: Bug#369285: reiserfsprogs: can't mount reiserfs volume with 8kb block size

[Domenico Andreoli]

forwarded 369285 reiserfs-list@namesys.com
merge 304342 369285 
thanks

On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 11:03:11PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,

hi Andreas,
 
> I just created a new reiserfs volume with the following command:
>     mkreiserfs -d -l backup -b 8192 /dev/hda11
> but mounting it fails with the error:
>   mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda11,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
> and dmesg says:
>   ReiserFS: hda11: warning: sh-2011: read_super_block: can't find a
>   reiserfs filesystem on (dev hda11, block 32, size 2048)
>   ReiserFS: hda11: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find
>   reiserfs on hda11
> 
> Other blocksizes just work fine.

that block sizes different from 4k do not work is a known problem,
please see bug #304342.

last news i heard about this is of more than a year ago.
Vitaly, maybe you have a nice release under the cover? :)

cheers
domenico

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RE: Bug#369285: reiserfsprogs: can't mount reiserfs volume with 8kb block size

[Masthan, Dudekula (STSD)]

Hi Domenico,

Currently ReiserFS supports  4 KB block only. Following link will
explain you more on this.
www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/calish_filesys.html 

Kindly come back, still if you have any doubts

Regards,
Masthan




-----Original Message-----
From: Domenico Andreoli [mailto:cavok@debian.org] 
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:58 AM
To: Andreas Beckmann
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com; 369285@bugs.debian.org;
304342@bugs.debian.org; control@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#369285: reiserfsprogs: can't mount reiserfs volume with
8kb block size

forwarded 369285 reiserfs-list@namesys.com merge 304342 369285 thanks

On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 11:03:11PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,

hi Andreas,
 
> I just created a new reiserfs volume with the following command:
>     mkreiserfs -d -l backup -b 8192 /dev/hda11 but mounting it fails 
> with the error:
>   mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda11,
>        missing codepage or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
> and dmesg says:
>   ReiserFS: hda11: warning: sh-2011: read_super_block: can't find a
>   reiserfs filesystem on (dev hda11, block 32, size 2048)
>   ReiserFS: hda11: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find
>   reiserfs on hda11
> 
> Other blocksizes just work fine.

that block sizes different from 4k do not work is a known problem,
please see bug #304342.

last news i heard about this is of more than a year ago.
Vitaly, maybe you have a nice release under the cover? :)

cheers
domenico

-----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok
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