From: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
To: matt brennan <raid@classforge.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: partition sizing and raid1
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 00:24:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041104052436.GA31128@jim.sh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4189B3B4.2060203@classforge.com>
> I created a new raid1 array on two 300GB disks
...
> >Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 16709 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
...
> kernel: 2.4.18
255 * 63 * 16709 * 512 = 137GB.
From the Large Disk HOWTO:
"For large IDE disks (over 137 GB): make sure your kernel is 2.4.19/2.5.3 or later."
-jim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-04 5:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-23 4:11 Resizing raid-1 on replacing failed disk matt brennan
2004-10-23 5:41 ` Guy
2004-10-23 6:12 ` Guy
2004-10-23 6:31 ` matt brennan
2004-10-25 5:14 ` Neil Brown
2004-11-04 4:44 ` partition sizing and raid1 matt brennan
2004-11-04 5:24 ` Jim Paris [this message]
2004-11-04 8:10 ` Gordon Henderson
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