[Lustre-discuss] Lustre 1.6.4.3 install/upgrade problem

[Heald, Nathan T.]

Yes it is a symlink. I just now tried mounting the actual block device and am getting the same error unfortunately. Thanks for the suggestion though.

-Nathan


On 9/24/08 2:59 AM, "Andreas Dilger" <adilger at sun.com> wrote:

On Sep 23, 2008  17:55 -0400, Heald, Nathan T. wrote:
> When I try to start it I get an error (Same error for an upgrade or fresh install):
>
> [root at myhost lustre]# mount -t lustre /dev/mpath/mpath2 /mnt/test/mdt
> mount.lustre: mount /dev/mpath/mpath2 at /mnt/test/mdt failed: No such device
> Are the lustre modules loaded?
> Check /etc/modprobe.conf and /proc/filesystems
> Note 'alias lustre llite' should be removed from modprobe.conf

Is /dev/mpath/mpath2 a symlink to some real block device?  That can cause
problems in some cases.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.