1.5TB ext3 partitions - mke2fs problems at 2^31 blocks

[Alex Bligh]

> I am trying to get a 9550SX to support a 1.5TB raid partition. I am unsure
> whether this is a driver problem, or an ext3 problem (as am getting some
> other wierdness detecting LUNs), but...

I forgot to say, I think the underlying disk is OK and is not aliasing. I
tried Stephen Tweedie's verify-data and it seems to be OK (I am taking it
the error can, as it claims, be ignored). The same happens if I run it
to /dev/sdb5.

Furthermore, mkfs -treiserfs seems to run OK (though it takes a couple of
minutes). So I am beginning to think this is ext3 (or ext3 tools) related.

Alex

amb at polonius:~/verify-data/verify-data-0.7$ sudo ./verify-data /dev/sdb 8G 
File is a block device: size 1499968045056 bytes (1.36T)
Writing for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  writing block 175 [offset 1.37T]......
Error writing file at offset 1503238553600 (1.37T): No space left on device 
(EOF, ignored)
  Completed writing file with 0 errors.
Rereading for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  reading block 174 [offset 1.36T]......
  Completed reading file with 0 errors.
amb at polonius:~/verify-data/verify-data-0.7$ sudo ./verify-data -S /dev/sdb 
8G
File is a block device: size 1499968045056 bytes (1.36T)
Writing for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  writing block 175 [offset 1.37T]......
Error writing file at offset 1503238553600 (1.37T): No space left on device 
(EOF, ignored)
  Completed writing file with 0 errors.
Rereading for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  reading block 174 [offset 1.36T]......
  Completed reading file with 0 errors.
amb at polonius:~/verify-data/verify-data-0.7$ sudo ./verify-data -F /dev/sdb 
8G
File is a block device: size 1499968045056 bytes (1.36T)
Writing for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  writing block 175 [offset 1.37T]......
Error writing file at offset 1503238553600 (1.37T): No space left on device 
(EOF, ignored)
  Completed writing file with 0 errors.
Rereading for 1.00M bytes every 8.00G bytes
  reading block 174 [offset 1.36T]......
  Completed reading file with 0 errors.