Robert, That was probably it, then.
However, I mis-stated where the problem exists, and I want to correct that. The problem wasn't with dasdfmt (after all, when you issued the command yourself, it did the job). The problem was in the SuSE installation scripts. The install scripts would examine the volume and either call dasdfmt+mke2fs, or just mke2fs if the volume appeared to have been already formatted. My apologies for getting the root cause wrong. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Nix, Robert P. [mailto:Nix.Robert@;mayo.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE install frustration re: First DASD mount... 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."
