Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread R. Ramesh
On 1/9/20 2:02 AM, Klaus Singvogel wrote: R. Ramesh wrote: I want to make sure that my current kernel version does not have any limitation to support 64bit ext4. Please consult the Kernel Wiki regarding Ext4: https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page You will notice that Linux

Re: Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread R. Ramesh
On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 05:06:29PM +, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:35 +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 06:08:16PM -0600, R. Ramesh wrote: > > > Before I get the source and build and update e2fsprogs and then the > > > file system, I want to make sure that my current ker

Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread Reco
On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 05:06:29PM +, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:35 +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 06:08:16PM -0600, R. Ramesh wrote: > > > Before I get the source and build and update e2fsprogs and then the > > > file system, I want to make sure that my current kern

Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:35 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 06:08:16PM -0600, R. Ramesh wrote: > > Before I get the source and build and update e2fsprogs and then the > > file system, I want to make sure that my current kernel version does > > not have any limitation to support 64bit e

Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 06:08:16PM -0600, R. Ramesh wrote: > Before I get the source and build and update e2fsprogs and then the > file system, I want to make sure that my current kernel version does > not have any limitation to support 64bit ext4. You kernel should support the featur

Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 09:02 +0100, Klaus Singvogel wrote: > R. Ramesh wrote: > > I want to make sure > > that my current kernel version does not have any limitation to support 64bit > > ext4. > > Please consult the Kernel Wiki regarding Ext4: > > https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_

Re: 64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-09 Thread Klaus Singvogel
R. Ramesh wrote: > I want to make sure > that my current kernel version does not have any limitation to support 64bit > ext4. Please consult the Kernel Wiki regarding Ext4: https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page You will notice that Linux 2.6.28 was the first suppored kernel wi

64bit ext4 and kernel version compatibility

2020-01-08 Thread R. Ramesh
Hi,   On my DVR, I am running fairly old version of kernel (3.13.0-132-generic, mythbuntu 14.04.5 LTS). I want to convert ext4 fs on this server to 64bit so that I can grow it past 16TB limit. At that time of installation (2014), e2fsprogs did not support 64bit fs.  Now it does. Before I get