<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hi Brain,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my system environment!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[root@SF_02 ~]# rpm -qa | grep lustre<br></span></span></div>
<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kernel-ib-1.3-2.6.9_67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.7.1smp</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lustre-modules-1.6.7.1-2.6.9_67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.7.1smp</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.7.1-2.6.9_67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.7.1smp</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lustre-1.6.7.1-2.6.9_67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.7.1smp</span></span></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kernel-lustre-smp-2.6.9-67.0.22.EL_lustre.1.6.7.1</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[root@SF_02 ~]# rpm -qa | grep e2fs</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e2fsprogs-1.35-12.17.el4</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e2fsprogs-devel-1.35-12.17.el4</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e2fsprogs-1.40.11.sun1-0redhat</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e2fsprogs-1.35-12.17.el4</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[root@SF_02 ~]# fdisk -l</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407868928 bytes</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">/dev/sda1 * 2550 5000 19687657+ 83 Linux</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">/dev/sda2 5001 5383 3076447+ 82 Linux swap</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have only a 2 partitions on my system.</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If i run the command</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mkfs.lustre --mdt --mgs --fsname=large-fs /dev/sda' </span></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the system will crash/corrupt.</span></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">can you guide me please, what are all the things i need to do further?</span></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></span></div>
<div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks,<br clear="all">
Gnana<br></span></span><br></div>