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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>maybe this is a dumb question from an newbie, but... ;-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've connected a RAID with appr. 2,6TB to my new installed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fedora-System (Fedora Core 3, Adaptec 39160 and RAID is an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>EonStore).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>When running fdisk the biggest partition i can create is 2TB!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>when trying to create the filesystem with mkfs.xfs directly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on /dev/sda i also get only 2TB !</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>so, what am i doing wrong? is the adaptec 39160 the problem?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(this because i read something about such big raids working</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with 3ware 9000 RAID cards)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks a lot for your help!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Christian</FONT>
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