Am Dienstag, 26. Juli 2005 22:26 schrieb Mirko Parthey: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:52:09AM +0200, christian gattermair wrote: > > i use debian sarge with 2.6.8-2-686-smp and like to use an raid device > > (sda) with 3 TB. > > > > i have read in the internet and found that there is an kernel feature > > called LBD. it is activated > > > > but with cfdisk: > > > > cfdisk /dev/sda > > FATAL ERROR: Cannot get disk size > > [...] > > Just a guess - have you tried partitioning with GNU parted? > Does "blockdev --getsize /dev/sda" report the correct number of sectors? > > Mirko
thanks for your answer no i don't use parted. i prefer cfdisk and fdisk blockdev --getsize /dev/sda gives me this message blockdev --getsize /dev/sda BLKGETSIZE: Die Datei ist zu groß translated in english: BLKGETSIZE: Die Datei ist zu groß - the file is to big with parted: (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-3147012.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags (parted) mkpart logical ext3 1 3147012 Partition type? primary/extended? extended Start? 1 End? 3147012 (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-3147012.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 1049854.423 extended 1049854.423 is to small ...... the print command prints the right size ..... thanks for help, christian
