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Re: mounting xfs on x86_64



I'm using XFS on my amd64 box w/o any issues.
The kernel is a stock 2.6.9 debian kernel from pure64. Try creating a
xfs filesystem on another device (e.g. a file) and see if that works.

Daniel van Eeden <daniel_e@dds.nl>

On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 12:33 +0100, Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Because of a hardware failure I upgraded my PC to an
> Athlon64. I did a fresh install of Debian pure64
> on a new SATA disk. It works pretty well so far.
> The problem is that I have a lot of data on another
> IDE disk formatted with xfs with i386 Linux.
> I tried to mount the partition under x86_64 Linux, but it
> only gives me an error about a bad superblock or so
> (I don't remember exactly). The strange thing is that
> I can boot my old i386 Linux installation and there
> I can mount the partition without any problems.
> Are there any known incompatibilities between
> i386 and x86_64 xfs? I tried the current AMD64
> kernel from the DFS CD and also compiled my own
> with xfs support. It just doesn't work.
> I am using 2.6.9 now.
> 
> mfg
> Dennis
> 
> -- 
> There is certainly no purpose in remaining in the dark
> except long enough to clear from the mind
> the illusion of ever having been in the light.
>                                         T.S. Eliot
> 
> 
-- 
Daniel van Eeden <daniel_e@dds.nl>

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