[root@node1 ~]# gfs_mkfs -p lock_dlm -t cluster1:gfs1 -j2 /dev/hdb1 This will destroy any data on /dev/hdb1. Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/n] y Device: /dev/hdb1 Blocksize: 4096 Filesystem Size: 2555688 Journals: 2 Resource Groups: 40 Locking Protocol: lock_dlm Lock Table: cluster1:gfs1 Syncing... All Done [root@node1 ~]# mkdir /gfs [root@node1 ~]# mount /dev/hdb1 /gfs [root@node1 ~]# df -hT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 ext3 19G 2.2G 16G 12% / /dev/hda1 ext3 99M 12M 83M 13% /boot tmpfs tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdb1 gfs 9.8G 20K 9.8G 1% /gfs -- dmesg GFS 0.1.19-7.el5 (built Oct 10 2007 20:08:18) installed Trying to join cluster "lock_dlm", "cluster1:gfs1" Joined cluster. Now mounting FS... GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=0: Trying to acquire journal lock... GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=0: Looking at journal... GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=0: Done GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=1: Trying to acquire journal lock... GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=1: Looking at journal... GFS: fsid=cluster1:gfs1.0: jid=1: Done