Re: 2 Terabyte install

[Clifford Beshers <clifford.beshers@lindows.com>]

Thanks Hans, but no need.  I found the page in the FAQ about three 
minutes after I posted.  I get so used to google finding me the right 
things, I occasionally forget to just go to the place I know should have 
the answers.

So far, I know that sfdisk choked on creating the partition, but that 
fdisk succeeded.  After that the install proceeded normally, but the 
system didn't reboot.  I have to go get details on why, but my guessis 
either lilo or a missing module in the initrd.

Hans Reiser wrote:

> Vladimir Saveliev wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 02:58, Clifford Beshers wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>>
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> Please provide exact answer to this question about what are V3 
> limits.  Vitaly, please assist.