From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Paris Subject: Re: partition sizing and raid1 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 00:24:36 -0500 Message-ID: <20041104052436.GA31128@jim.sh> References: <4179D9DB.2070709@classforge.com> <4189B3B4.2060203@classforge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4189B3B4.2060203@classforge.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: matt brennan Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids > 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