Re: 2 Terabyte install

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Vladimir Saveliev wrote:

>Hello
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>On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 02:58, Clifford Beshers wrote:
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>>What are the current size limitations for disks/partitions/filesystems
>>with the following combinations?  My googling has produced
>>inconsistent answers.
>>        { linux 2.4.24, linux 2.6.5 } X { reiserfs3, reiser4 }
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>http://namesys.com/faq.html#reiserfsspecs
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>>We have a new machine with a 3-ware 8 port controller (looks like a
>>scsi controller to the system, but actually drives 8 ide drives).  We
>>have 8 x 300GB drives attached for a total > 2TB.
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>>Our IT guy has been unable to install Linspire on it (linux 2.6.5,
>>reiserfs3).  I'm about to go look in more detail, but I thought I'd
>>find out what the bounds were for sure.
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>I assume mkreiserfs was not the reason why you guys failed to install
>linux on your hardware. It works for > 2tb devices.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Cliff
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Please provide exact answer to this question about what are V3 limits.  
Vitaly, please assist.