From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l9V47pPY014657 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:07:54 -0700 Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1In4rz-0000WK-HW for xfs@oss.sgi.com; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:07:55 -0700 Message-ID: <13502504.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:07:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "paul.lkw" Subject: Re: 2.6TB Storage Size Problem In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <13501909.post@talk.nabble.com> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Does it means I have to use one harddisk for just boot process ? Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 at 7:35pm, paul.lkw wrote > >> I have a DELL server with a hardware raid controller card and 6 x 750GB >> Harddisk, and I configured it as a Raid-5 (5 x 750GB) and 1 of HotSpare. >> I >> partitioned 50GB of the main base CentOS system and the remain >> unpartitioned >> size should be 2.5xxxTB, but however I just have 2.0T as EXT-3 limitation >> (I >> think), How can I use the full size of this with LVM? > > This has been answered many times on the CentOS list: > > 1) On a device larger than 2.0TB, you must use a gpt disklabel rather than > the default msdos. > > 2) You must use parted when partitioning such a device. > > 3) You can't boot from such a device (as neither grub nor lilo support gpt > disklabels). > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin > UCSF > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/2.6TB-Storage-Size-Problem-tf4722532.html#a13502504 Sent from the Xfs - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.