XFS Installation Notes
Installed on a RHEL/CentOS 5.5, x86_64 system.
[root@example ~]# yum list available *xfs*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: hpc.arc.georgetown.edu
* base: yum.singlehop.com
* epel: mirror.unl.edu
* extras: mirror.fdcservers.net
* updates: centos.mirrors.tds.net
Available Packages
kmod-xfs.x86_64 0.4-2 extras
kmod-xfs-xen.x86_64 0.4-2 extras
xfsdump.x86_64 2.2.46-1.el5.centos extras
xfsprogs.x86_64 2.9.4-1.el5.centos extras
xfsprogs-devel.x86_64 2.9.4-1.el5.centos extras
xorg-x11-xfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.0.2-4 base
Install via:
yum install kmod-xfs xfsdump xfsprogs xfsprogs-devel xorg-x11-xfs-utils
Then use parted to create a GPT partition.
parted /dev/sdb
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) mkpart
Then use:
mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1