[linux-lvm] Cannot create LV beyond 16GB in size?

[Andreas Dilger]

On Sep 25, 2001  12:01 -0500, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
> I've made 3 partitions. /dev/hdd1 /dev/hdd2 /dev/hdb9. 
> I'm going to stripe them and then use all available size. 
> When I do lvcreate, it won't let me go above 16G. Whats up with that?
> Kernel 2.4.10
> LVM 1.0 tools. 

You need to select a PE size larger than 4MB.  Also realize that striping
your LVs means all your data will be lost if one disk dies.

Cheers, Andreas
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