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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Frank Borich <Frank_Borich@us.xyratex.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LBD support with 2.6.10
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 22:11:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050103221149.GA26669@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47F3C2BE74738E4683574107469DFA20678BA0@XYUSEX01.xyus.xyratex.com>

> sfdisk: BLKGETSIZE ioctl failed for /dev/sda
> 
> Did I miss something regarding LBD support ?
> Any ideas ?

You can't use old DOS-style partition tables for really big disks.
SGI successfully uses IRIX disk labels, but others may work aswell.


      reply	other threads:[~2005-01-03 22:11 UTC|newest]

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2005-01-03 22:03 LBD support with 2.6.10 Frank Borich
2005-01-03 22:11 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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