From: jay-m@equinox.unr.edu (J.A. MacDonald) Subject: More fun with mke2fs and 1GB SCSI... Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1993 23:49:17 GMT
Okay, I've been trying madly to get this 1 GB Maxtor SCSI drive to work
right with Linux. Being a newbie to both Unix & Linux I spent a lot of
time in trial and error mode, learned a hell of a lot and accomplished
(to me, anyway) a hell of a lot. However, it has gotten to the point where
my head is sore from beating it against the screen, so I'm posting this
in hopes of some light on the subject....
First problem: What fs to use
First solution: EXT2FS (found in FAQ)
Second problem: mke2fs out of memory
Second solution: Upgrade everything. I am now running Linux 0.99.7A with
EXT2 FS 0.2c
Third problem: Still out of memory
Third solution: enable 16 MB swap space (duh 8-)
That is how things stand today with the following results: I tried to
mke2fs the whole damn thing (997 cylinders, 1020927 blocks) and sat there
for 45 minutes, nothing happened. Assumed system went west and hard booted
the poor thing.
Next I tried a 400 MB and 600 MB partition arrangement. The 400 MB worked
great. When I tried mke2fs on the 600 MB it dumped out with the message
mke2fs: unable to write super-block
Okay, so then I tried two 500 MB partitions. The first one worked great.
When I tried mke2fs on the second partition I got the super-block error
again. I can't find any reference to super-blocks in the FAQ's, so what's
it all about? Do I have a bad spot on my disk?
Finally I got really stupid and tried to mount that second 500 MB partition
(trial and error!) - result:
Kernel panic: ext2_read_inode unable to read inode block
....
So, my next plans of attack are:
- it seems that the fuckup happens between cylinders 500 & 600, so I'll
try a partition from 600-997
- Will the -c option of mke2fs help?
Also - can anybody shed some light on the situation with trying to format
a 1 GB partition?
Thanks for your time....
Jay MacDonald
Geosense Consulting
Reno, NV
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