[TriLUG] 2tb Limit in ext3: can it be overcome?

David W. Aquilina david at starkindler.us
Wed Feb 22 13:02:42 EST 2006


On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 12:52:05PM -0500, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
> Does anybody know how to overcome the 2TB partition limit (ext3)in RHE
> 4?

Are you talking about a single partition greater than 2T, or a filesystem greater than 2T? 

The latter should 'just work', however for the former you'll need to use a GPT partition table instead of an MS-DOS partition table. Note that unless you're on an Itanium, it's not possible to install to a device using a GPT partition table. The release notes for RHEL4 U1 (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-x86-en.html) have more information. 
 

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David W. Aquilina
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