Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-28 Thread Niv Sardi
I believe the right solution is to set the default in the kernel, not in mkfs, it should be possible to change lazy-sb to no-lazy-sb and only flag when we actually want to disable it. FS mounted with lazy-sb, should be (if unmounted cleanly) mountable by a non-lazy-aware kernel, (and if not unmou

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-28 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 28 February 2008, Nathan Scott wrote: > No not really, in that in 6-12 months time 99% of kernels that people > are using will support this feature, and the problem simply wont arise > anymore. Basically you are saying here: let's postpone enabling this feature by default until Lenny

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Nathan Scott
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 02:28 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > On Thursday 28 February 2008, Nathan Scott wrote: > > Been discussing this with the SGI guys. The problem is most likely > > to be that current mkfs.xfs enables the "lazy superblock" accounting > > f

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 28 February 2008, Nathan Scott wrote: > I've mentioned to upstream that 7 months may not be enough lead time > before mkfs enables new features by default, and they're considering > that and may/may not undo the change in the next xfsprogs (hope they > do, as thats probably the best bet

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Frans Pop
Thanks for the quick reply. On Thursday 28 February 2008, Nathan Scott wrote: > Been discussing this with the SGI guys. The problem is most likely > to be that current mkfs.xfs enables the "lazy superblock" accounting > feature, which was supported in kernels since 2.6.23. Nice that's a known pr

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Nathan Scott
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 01:32 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > After downgrading to version 2.9.4-1, a newly created partition could be > > mounted again. > > 2.9.5-1 works correctly as well. Hi all, Been discussing this with the SGI guys. The problem i

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 28 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > After downgrading to version 2.9.4-1, a newly created partition could be > mounted again. 2.9.5-1 works correctly as well. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Processed: Re: Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > forcemerge 465737 468184 Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/" Bug#468184: installation-reports Forcibly Merged 465737 468184. > reassign 465737 xfsprogs 2.9.6-1 Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

Bug#465737: Can't mount XFS partition on "/"

2008-02-27 Thread Frans Pop
forcemerge 465737 468184 reassign 465737 xfsprogs 2.9.6-1 severity 465737 grave tags 465737 d-i thanks On Monday 25 February 2008, MD Dawson wrote: > Hi, I ran into the same problem a couple of days ago and had to use > another filesystem. I do not have the installation syslog handy at the > momen