My name is Ali Algarrous and I''m doing a research about Lustre file
systesm.
I''m running Debian on my machine and after a long time I was able to
install Lustre on my machine. I was able to format devices and mount
clients and servers easily but I had to reinstall the OS. So I started
the process of installing Lustre again and this time it was really
easy.
However, I came across another problem. When i''m running this
command: mkfs.lustre --fsname datafs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3
I get the following error messgae:
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gog:~# mkfs.lustre --fsname spfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3
Permanent disk data:
Target: spfs-MDTffff
Index: unassigned
Lustre FS: spfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x75
(MDT MGS needs_index first_time update )
Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr
Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups
mkfs.lustre FATAL: loop device requires a --device-size= param
mkfs.lustre FATAL: Loop device setup for /dev/sda3 failed: Invalid
argument
mkfs.lustre: exiting with 22 (Invalid argument)
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And then when i specified the size of the disk by putting --device-
size=40371345 I started to get the following error:
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gog:/home/algarra# mkfs.lustre --fsname lustrefs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3
Permanent disk data:
Target: lustrefs-MDTffff
Index: unassigned
Lustre FS: lustrefs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x75
(MDT MGS needs_index first_time update )
Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr
Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups
checking for existing Lustre data: not found
mkfs.lustre: size ioctl failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
mkfs.lustre FATAL: mkfs failed 19
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I''m running kernel 2.6.18.
Would you please help me in solving this problem?
Regards,
Ali
--
Never stop smiling, not even when you''re sad, someone might fall in
love
with your smile.
:)
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Ali Algarrous wrote:> My name is Ali Algarrous and I''m doing a research about Lustre file > systesm. > > I''m running Debian on my machine and after a long time I was able to > install Lustre on my machine. I was able to format devices and mount > clients and servers easily but I had to reinstall the OS. So I started > the process of installing Lustre again and this time it was really > easy. > > However, I came across another problem. When i''m running this > command: mkfs.lustre --fsname datafs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > I get the following error messgae: > ______________________________________________________________________ > gog:~# mkfs.lustre --fsname spfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > Permanent disk data: > Target: spfs-MDTffff > Index: unassigned > Lustre FS: spfs > Mount type: ldiskfs > Flags: 0x75 > (MDT MGS needs_index first_time update ) > Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr > Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups > > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: loop device requires a --device-size= param > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: Loop device setup for /dev/sda3 failed: Invalid > argument > mkfs.lustre: exiting with 22 (Invalid argument) > _______________________________________________________________________ > And then when i specified the size of the disk by putting --device- > size=40371345 I started to get the following error: > ____________________________________________________________________ > gog:/home/algarra# mkfs.lustre --fsname lustrefs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > Permanent disk data: > Target: lustrefs-MDTffff > Index: unassigned > Lustre FS: lustrefs > Mount type: ldiskfs > Flags: 0x75 > (MDT MGS needs_index first_time update ) > Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr > Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups > > checking for existing Lustre data: not found > mkfs.lustre: size ioctl failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: mkfs failed 19 > _______________________________________________________________________ > > I''m running kernel 2.6.18. > > Would you please help me in solving this problem?Something is wrong with your /dev/sda3. Lustre is not finding a proper block device there, so it assumes you are using a loopback device, but since you are not using a loopback, it fails (size is only used with loopback) Verfiy that sda exists, and is partitioned correctly. (sda3 exists) As a test, make an ext2 FS on sda3 with mkfs. If that works, Lustre should work fine. cliffw> > Regards, > Ali > > -- > Never stop smiling, not even when you''re sad, someone might fall in love > with your smile. > :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > Lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 14:10 -0800, Cliff White wrote:> Ali Algarrous wrote: > > My name is Ali Algarrous and I''m doing a research about Lustre file > > systesm. > > > > I''m running Debian on my machine and after a long time I was able to > > install Lustre on my machine. I was able to format devices and mount > > clients and servers easily but I had to reinstall the OS. So I started > > the process of installing Lustre again and this time it was really > > easy. > > > > However, I came across another problem. When i''m running this > > command: mkfs.lustre --fsname datafs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > > > I get the following error messgae: > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > gog:~# mkfs.lustre --fsname spfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda3 > > > > Permanent disk data: > > Target: spfs-MDTffff > > Index: unassigned > > Lustre FS: spfs > > Mount type: ldiskfs > > Flags: 0x75 > > (MDT MGS needs_index first_time update ) > > Persistent mount opts: errors=remount-ro,iopen_nopriv,user_xattr > > Parameters: mdt.group_upcall=/usr/sbin/l_getgroups > > > > > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: loop device requires a --device-size= param > > > > mkfs.lustre FATAL: Loop device setup for /dev/sda3 failed: Invalid > > argument > > mkfs.lustre: exiting with 22 (Invalid argument) > > _______________________________________________________________________This is bug 14647. Lustre wrong assume about use loop device if real block device not exist. check you /dev directory for sda3 entry. -- Alex Lyashkov <Alexey.lyashkov at sun.com> Lustre Group, Sun Microsystems