hi. i'm hitting a wall each time i try to format a 3 terabyte partition. i'm able to create the partition using parted but whenever i try to create a 3 terabyte xfs or jfs or ext3 filesystem, the mounted filesystem created is only 1 terabyte. i tried centos x86 and x86_64 4.0 but i always hit a 1 terabyte limit. please help.
On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 16:07 -0700, Phuoc Hong wrote:> hi. > i'm hitting a wall each time i try to format a 3 terabyte partition. i'm > able to create the partition using parted but whenever i try to create a > 3 terabyte xfs or jfs or ext3 filesystem, the mounted filesystem created > is only 1 terabyte. i tried centos x86 and x86_64 4.0 but i always hit a > 1 terabyte limit. please help.What utility are you using? 1.1TB (1TiB) is LBA32 (signed) * 512 bytes/sector. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- It is mathematically impossible for someone who makes more than you to be anything but richer than you. Any tax rate that penalizes them will also penalize you similarly (to those below you, and then below them). Linear algebra, let alone differential calculus or even ele- mentary concepts of limits, is mutually exclusive with US journalism. So forget even attempting to explain how tax cuts work. ;->
Bryan J. Smith
2005-Jun-13 23:41 UTC
[CentOS] formatting a 3 terabyte partition (addendum)
On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 16:07 -0700, Phuoc Hong wrote:> hi. > i'm hitting a wall each time i try to format a 3 terabyte partition. i'm > able to create the partition using parted but whenever i try to create a > 3 terabyte xfs or jfs or ext3 filesystem, the mounted filesystem created > is only 1 terabyte. i tried centos x86 and x86_64 4.0 but i always hit a > 1 terabyte limit. please help.What utility are you using? 1.1TB (1TiB) is LBA32 (signed) * 512 bytes/sector. And what storage array? Driver? -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- It is mathematically impossible for someone who makes more than you to be anything but richer than you. Any tax rate that penalizes them will also penalize you similarly (to those below you, and then below them). Linear algebra, let alone differential calculus or even ele- mentary concepts of limits, is mutually exclusive with US journalism. So forget even attempting to explain how tax cuts work. ;->
Phuoc Hong wrote:> hi. > > i'm hitting a wall each time i try to format a 3 terabyte partition. > i'm able to create the partition using parted but whenever i try to > create a 3 terabyte xfs or jfs or ext3 filesystem, the mounted > filesystem created is only 1 terabyte. i tried centos x86 and x86_64 > 4.0 but i always hit a 1 terabyte limit. please help. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosInside parted, have you used "gpt" disklabel to break the 2T limit ? (you will loose the possibity to boot from this device see: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2005-02/msg00005.html). Using XFS on x86_64 4.0, I have been able to format and mount partiton up to 2T (8x250G): /dev/sda2 1.9T 195G 1.7T 11% /mnt/sda2 -- Pierre-Francois Honore -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pfhonore.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 401 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050614/82f92dc8/attachment-0003.vcf> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 4017 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050614/82f92dc8/attachment-0003.bin>
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 02:31 +0200, Pierre-Francois Honore wrote:> Inside parted, have you used "gpt" disklabel to break the 2T limit ? > (you will loose the possibity to boot from this device see: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2005-02/msg00005.html). > Using XFS on x86_64 4.0, I have been able to format and mount partiton > up to 2T (8x250G): > /dev/sda2 1.9T 195G 1.7T 11% /mnt/sda2Hmmm, I didn't know GPT was an option other than on IA-64. Microsoft supports LDM in GPT for NT5.x (2000/XP/2003) as well. I'm so used to breaking up SAN and local disk volumes into less than 1TB. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- It is mathematically impossible for someone who makes more than you to be anything but richer than you. Any tax rate that penalizes them will also penalize you similarly (to those below you, and then below them). Linear algebra, let alone differential calculus or even ele- mentary concepts of limits, is mutually exclusive with US journalism. So forget even attempting to explain how tax cuts work. ;->
pierre-francois, thank you... trying it out right now.... thanks to bryan too... Pierre-Francois Honore wrote:> Phuoc Hong wrote: > >> hi. >> >> i'm hitting a wall each time i try to format a 3 terabyte partition. >> i'm able to create the partition using parted but whenever i try to >> create a 3 terabyte xfs or jfs or ext3 filesystem, the mounted >> filesystem created is only 1 terabyte. i tried centos x86 and x86_64 >> 4.0 but i always hit a 1 terabyte limit. please help. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Inside parted, have you used "gpt" disklabel to break the 2T limit ? > (you will loose the possibity to boot from this device see: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2005-02/msg00005.html). > > Using XFS on x86_64 4.0, I have been able to format and mount > partiton up to 2T (8x250G): > /dev/sda2 1.9T 195G 1.7T 11% /mnt/sda2 > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >