Filesystem too large...

Brandon Evans maillists at hosttuls.com
Tue Apr 4 00:16:28 UTC 2006


I need to setup a 3.27TB ext3 filesystem using -i 1024 and -b 1024.

When I try to format this partition I get the "Filesystem too large." 
error.  Are there any plans to update these limits?  are there any 
patches already available that I can try out?  Or am I just SOL here?



(vzbu2 ~)# fdisk -l /dev/etherd/e1.1

Disk /dev/etherd/e1.1: 3600.7 GB, 3600795892224 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 437771 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/etherd/e1.1 doesn't contain a valid partition table


(vzbu2 ~)# lvdisplay
   --- Logical volume ---
   LV Name                /dev/lvg01/vz
   VG Name                lvg01
   LV UUID                CH5TEA-WC61-oSMX-olxz-sBTf-L1Ho-E1740u
   LV Write Access        read/write
   LV Status              available
   # open                 0
   LV Size                3.27 TB
   Current LE             858496
   Segments               1
   Allocation             inherit
   Read ahead sectors     0
   Block device           253:0



mkfs.ext3 -i 1024 -b 1024 /dev/lvg01/vz
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
mkfs.ext3: Filesystem too large.  No more than 2**31-1 blocks
          (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported.


-- 

   Brandon Evans

"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five 
hours."
-Hunter S. Thompson




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