From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jabber.dneg.com (mail.dneg.com [193.203.82.196]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k81AfVDW030184 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 03:41:32 -0700 Message-ID: <44F7F219.40904@dneg.com> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:40:57 +0100 From: Evan Fraser MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: XFS and 3.2TB Partition References: <44F714F2.7050502@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44F714F2.7050502@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Chris Hane Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com I had that problem when I was using an adaptec aic79xx adapter, using a new LSI-Logic one fixed the problem for me. Could it be a limit with your controller/controller driver? Chris Hane wrote: > > I am trying to create a 3.2TB partition on my Raid 5. Is there a > document that could help? > > I have a 3ware 9500 controller and 8 *500GB sata drives configured > into a single RAID 5 array. > > I am running linux 2.6.16 with the 3ware drivers compiled into the > kernel. > > I've tried a couple of different means to create the partition and > format the file system with xfs without success (or confidence that I > haven't done something wrong). > > 1. FDISK > > I've tried fdisk on the array to create the partition; but it forces > me enter the number of cylinders before letting me create the > partition. I enter the largest number of cylinders since I'm not sure > how to calculate the correct cylinder number across an 8 disk RAID 5 > array. > > I then create the partition starting at 0 (or whatever the default > was) and ending at 3500GB. > > Once the partition is created this way, I can mkfs.xfs; but I'm a > little hesitant to use this since I input and arbitrary cylinder number. > > Thoughts on what to use for the correct cylinder count with fdisk? > > 2. PARTED > > I've tried to use parted without any success. Here is what I've tried > and the errors I get. > > > parted > parted> mklabel gpt > parted> mkpart primary 0 3500GB > parted> quit > > ok - the partition now exists. If I use ext2 everything works ok. > > however, when I run > > > mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1 > > the file system is formated but is truncated to to 2TB. > > > Any advice/pointers on how to partition and format a 3.2TB raid 5 > array would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Chris.... > > > -- evan@dneg.com Linux Systems Administrator Double Negative tel: +44 (0)20 7534 4400 fax: +44 (0)20 7534 4452 77 shaftesbury avenue, w1d 5du, London