R4 won't mount.

Hello.
I'm trying out R4, and I'm having no luck mounting the device with the 
R4 filesystem.
I've managed to compile libaal from /FIXED/ (./configure;make;make install).
reiser4progs-0.4.20 is compiled with:
--disable-debug --disable-fnv1-hash --disable-rupasov-hash 
--disable-tea-hash --disable-deg-hash --disable-short-keys 
--disable-specia --with-libaal=/usr/local/lib
then:  make;make install

My problem is, that after making a R4 filesystem on a partition, it 
won't mount.  I've tried various options, but still doesn't work.
I wonder if I am missing something?
I'm running debian testing on an athlon64
Can someone suggest some options or strategies?
Thank you,
Chris w.