create very large file system
Alexander Zarochentsev
zam at namesys.com
Wed Jul 19 12:57:38 UTC 2006
On Wednesday 19 July 2006 16:10, Mark F wrote:
> Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
>
> I've tried to create a large 5TB file system using both reiserfs and
> ext3 and both have failed.
how did they fail?
>
> I end up with only a 1.5TB file system. Does anyone know why this
> doesn't work, what to do to fix it?
you have a single 5TB device? h/w raid, I think ?
you might need to convert the partition table to GPT format for
supporting 2TB+ partitions. it can be done by the gnu parted tool.
> Others have suggested that only XFS or JFS will work. Is this so?
>
> Thanks,
> -Mark
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Alex.
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