Suse 9 mount prob with MSA1000 and 1500

[ecorban]

Hi

I need to mountan fs that ive created on 2 storage msa storage units msa1000 and msa1500 through a san.

when i "mke2fs -L CPQ-MSA1000 /dev/sdj" it completes ok but when i try to mount it using
"mount /dev/sdj /mnt/hpq/3" it fails with the following error message:

/dev/sdj: Invalid argument
mount: /dev/sdj: cant read superblock.

how do i fix this so i can mount it
thanks

[Stuart Browne]

I'd assume you need to partition it first with 'fdisk' (or 'sfdisk'), and then 'mke2fs' the subsequent partition (/dev/sdj0 etc.).

[ecorban]

it works ok in XP, VA and EVA. Why should the msa be any different as the same commands work ok on SUse.........

[ecorban]

i meant redhat AS 3.0.........

[Stuart Browne]

I don't know.. I've not had the opportunity to play with any MSA's.. but it was a thought.