From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0K9Yo2x014536 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:34:50 -0500 Received: from mailstore03.fastname.no (mailstore03.fastname.no [85.19.150.34]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0K9YaVR029417 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:34:37 -0500 Received: from [84.49.98.33] (helo=[192.168.3.25]) by mailstore03.fastname.no with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LPD0F-0002Km-9P for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:34:35 +0100 Message-ID: <49759AAD.4070608@mortent.org> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:34:37 +0100 From: Morten Torstensen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] 2GB limit References: <4975932A.6090902@bortal.de> In-Reply-To: <4975932A.6090902@bortal.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: morten@mortent.org, LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development ml@bortal.de wrote: > Hello List, > > i have a 32bit Linux box with a 3Ware Raidcontroller and 4x 1TB disks. > After installing Debian Etch i had to find out that i am running into > some limits. > > Is there a way to use a Partition >2GB with 32Linux/LVM? You hit the 2TB partition max size (I assume you mean 2TB and not 2GB). With LVM you can use physical disks as a PV, e.g /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1. If you need to boot from the disk too, then you have to use a partition table. With such a small RAID anyway, your easiest option in that case is to create one root disk (and a /boot), say 20-30GB, on a root vg, then two more partitions with the rest of the space and use them as PVs for another vg for data/apps. You can also put all three partitions into one VG if you prefer that. -- //Morten Torstensen //Email: morten@mortent.org //IM: morten.torstensen@gmail.com I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland. -- Woody Allen