Thread: can't mount xfs filesystem

i have 1tb hard drive 3 partitions. 1 2 gb swap partition, 20gb ext3 root partition, , last xfs partition remaining space on hard drive used it.

did clean install of 11.10 , during install specified have format , install 20gb root partition , specified nothing xfs files system since didn't want erase or format on partition.

os installed want mount xfs partition it's not working. type in following:

code:

sudo mount /dev/sda6 /media/mount

and error saying:

code:

mount: cannot allocate memory

searching google brings articles talking being unable mount windows file shares , getting same error message.

nothing @ related i'm trying do.

suggestions appreciated.

try running

code:

tail -f /var/log/messages

in terminal when issuing mount command. sure filesystem not automatically mounted already? output of

code:

mount

command tell.

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