Description of problem: mke2fs -O journal_dev creates invalid external journal Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.41.4-6.fc11 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Assuming available block devices sdb1 and sdc1 2. mke2fs -O journal_dev /dev/sdb1 3. mke2fs /dev/sdc1 4. tune2fs -o journal_data -j -J device=/dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 Actual results: tune2fs returns: tune2fs: Filesystem has unexpected block size while trying to open journal on /dev/sdb1 Expected results: tune2fs 1.41.5 (23-Apr-2009) Creating journal on device /dev/sdb1: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 36 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Additional info: Problem is acknowledged as fixed in release notes for e2fsprogs 1.41.5. I am able to confirm the problem is fixed by using 1.41.5 instead of the Fedora 11 provided mke2fs.
You just missed it ;) * Wed Apr 22 2009 Eric Sandeen <sandeen> 1.41.4-8 - Fix support for external journals Can you try the more recent e2fsprogs in F11? (it should be tagged for F11 already...) Thanks, -Eric
currentrelease, rawhide... it's all confusing right now :) but anyway this should be fixed.