Steve Lord said on the XFS list:
Now you have hit the bug in rpm in the 9.0 release, it attempts to do O_DIRECT but sends a misaligned buffer. You need to run rpm with the environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL set to 2.2.5.
Newer rpm packages from rpm.org do not have this problem.
The reason this does not show in normal redhat setups is they have O_DIRECT turned off in the kernel. We have it enabled for XFS.
Richard Houston wrote:
Hi all,
Noticed a small issue with XFS file system and the setting up grub on FC3. I have found that if you are using XFS on the /boot partition the installer hangs when trying to install the boot loader. Basically it says installing boot loader and the hour Glass just spins and spins but it never finishes.
I found the same issue on FC2. If I install the ext3 on the boot partition there in no issue. I can then have XFS on the / and any other partitions.
Any thought or comment or should I just go straight to Bugzilla?
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