On Friday 02 June 2006 15:22, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Koos Meijering wrote: > > I am trying to create on a nfs file server a partition with the size of > > 4TB every time after a reboot the system reports there is only a 2 TB > > partition and an unused part of the disk. > > I have a 15 x 300 array under ext3 on the 3ware 9550SX-16ML. You need to > use parted to create a GPT type partition system. MS-DOS style(default) > does not allow you to create over 2 TB arrays. Then you can create your > 4 TB partition. You'll always have to use parted instead of cfdisk/fdisk > when playing with partitions, as cfdisk/fdisk will see the "fake" > partition table GPT uses to point to the real table.
Oh! You're trying to partition? :) Yeah, I smile, but ever time I've done large file systems, I've made the filesystem directly on the device itself: no partitioning done. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
