[CentOS] linux xfs

[James Pearson]

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I get the below issue when i install CentOS 5.6 x86_64 on IBM x3650 M3
> when i run "linux xfs" at boot prompt. Please suggest/guide.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Kaushal
> 
>     20:15:04 INFO : formatting / as xfs
>     20:15:04 CRITICAL: Traceback (most recent call first):
>     File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 996, in _execute_child
>  ...
>     RuntimeError: /usr/sbin/mkfs.xfs can not be run

CentOS 5 doesn't support XFS in the installer

Once you have installed CentOS (with ext3 on the root disk), you can 
then install the xfsprogs RPM and make XFS file systems on other 
partitions/disks

James Pearson