[Ocfs2-tools-users] mkfs.ocfs2 error

[Sunil Mushran]

Even before it writes to the disk, it attempts to join the cluster.
The EIO is probably because of that. Is the cluster up?
What does "service o2cb status" say?

Try force disabling cluster check with -F option.

tcameron at cox.net wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to set up a cluster for the first time, but getting an error when attempting to create the filesystem.  I'm running SLES10.  /dev/sdb is an iscsi disk; that layer seems to be working fine as parted and cfdisk can work with it.
>
> cm1:~ # mkfs.ocfs2 --verbose -b 4K -C 32K -L OCFS2 /dev/sdb1
> mkfs.ocfs2 1.2.3
> mkfs.ocfs2: Could not write: Input/output error
>
> As I mentioned, the virtual disk and partition seem to be fine, as this works:
>
> cm1:~ # mkfs.ext3  /dev/sdb1
> mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=4096 (log=2)
> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> 9781248 inodes, 19531015 blocks
> 976550 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=0
> 597 block groups
> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
> 16384 inodes per group
> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>         32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
>         4096000, 7962624, 11239424
>
> Writing inode tables: done
> Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 35 mounts or
> 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
> cm1:~ #
>
> Any ideas what this could be, or what techniques I can use to help troubleshoto this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Tom
>
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