XFS (was: Re: redhat-list Digest, Vol 65, Issue 9)

[Jose R R]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:37 AM, sigpedag<sigpedag at univ-paris1.fr> wrote:
> ravi kumar a écrit :
>>
>> Good morning to all......!!
>>
>>  I am using redhat 5.0. I try to use the xfs file system but it is
>> giving error when i type #mkfs.xfs /dev/sda13 it is says "uknow file
>> system type xfs". I installed rpms readline-2.2.rpm and xfsprogs.rpm
>> then i get that error.........what can i do. Any body know please tell
>> me........!!
>
> XFS isn't supported by Red Hat yet, it will be in Red Hat 6.0.
>
> The xfsprogs package includes a collection of programs to manage xfs
> filesystems but what you really need is a XFS kernel module.
>
> Here are your options :
>
>  - Wait for Red Hat 6.0
>  - Rebuild a kernel with XFS enabled
>  - Try CentOS 5

And follow example, for instance, as below:
http://www.pantz.org/software/xfsfilesystem/centos5xfskernelmodule.html

>
> Regards,
>
> Nicolas
>
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