On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13:08AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > I did run into a snag that I don't fully understand while trying to make > the filesystem though... > > # mke2fs -v -j -l 2TbVol /dev/VolGroup10/2TbVol Were you trying to specify a label? If so, use the -L option, not -l Were you trying to specify a bad block list? Why? I'd be VERY surprised if you need to do this. So you either meant mke2fs -v -j /dev/VolGroup10/2TbVol OR mke2fs -v -j -L 2TbVol /dev/VolGroup10/2TbVol -- rgds Stephen