[Had trouble with first posting ,sorry if this is duplicate] Hello, I am new to the list but I was hoping to run a few questions by you. Hopefully this is the correct forum for these questions. We are in the process of evaluating GFS for an Oracle 9i RAC implementation. I originally downloaded and installed this GFS-6.0.0-1.2.src.rpm using this http://www.gyrate.org/misc/gfs.txt , the Admin Guide (from RedHat) and a Sistina RAC install guide(from RedHat). That worked to a degree in that I could mount one node on the system, but all other nodes are blocked from mounting the gfs. This problem led me to the 8 char limitation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127828 . My node names are unique in the first 8 chars (e.g. bwing.domain.com and xwing.domain.com) . First Attempt Environment GFS-6.0.0-1.2.src.rpm RedHat AS3 Kernel Version 2.4.21-15.ELsmp Using GNBD to export an external scsi array Used the example pool configs from the RAC install guide manual fencing (status for all nodes is "Logged In") 2 nodes, 1 GNBD and dedicated lock_gulm server Not sure what to do I looked for a newer version of GFS. Now I am going through the steps I did before except now I am getting a build error on the rpm-build. rpmbuild --rebuild --target i686 /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/GFS-6.0.2-26.src.rpm -------------------- /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/include/linux/brlock.h:88: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/include/linux/brlock.h:101: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/include/linux/brlock.h:171: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/include/linux/brlock.h:179: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/drivers/char/joystick' ld -m elf_i386 -r -o sis.o sis_drv.o sis_ds.o sis_mm.o make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/drivers/char/drm' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/drivers/char' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/GFS-6.0.2/linuxsmp/drivers' make[1]: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.15039 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.15039 (%build) ---------- The warnings I think I can ignore, but I am not sure what to do about the build errors. New Version environment GFS-6.0.2-26.src.rpm RedHat AS3 Kernel version 2.4.21-27.0.4.ELsmp Got my GFS src rpm from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/3AS/en/RHGFS/SRPMS/ Any help would be appreciated on either issue and please let me know if there is more information that is required. $cott