max hard drive size

Whiskers · 04-29-2005, 09:59 AM

I just bought a new hard drive (200gb) and was wondering what the max hard drive size that linux will support? I know Windows XP has some a 137gig max (larger requires partitioning or somethign or other) Is there any similiar issues with linux, or is there no max disk size for linux?

rpz · 04-29-2005, 10:26 AM

Code:

df -H

Code:

Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/big   472G   422G    41G  92% /local

Works for me

win32sux · 04-29-2005, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Whiskers
I just bought a new hard drive (200gb) and was wondering what the max hard drive size that linux will support?

i don't know about max drive size, but the max partition size depends on which filesystem you choose...

Whiskers · 04-29-2005, 01:15 PM

What is the max partition size that ext3 will support?

Vookimedlo · 04-29-2005, 01:55 PM

Answer is taken from here: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/proj.../ext3-faq.html

Ext3 can support files up to 1TB. With a 2.4 kernel the filesystem size is limited by the maximal block device size, which is 2TB. In 2.6 the maximum (32-bit CPU) limit is of block devices is 16TB, but ext3 supports only up to 4TB.

win32sux · 04-29-2005, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Whiskers
What is the max partition size that ext3 will support?

i think ext3's max filesystem size is 4TB for linux 2.6 and 2TB for linux 2.4...

win32sux · 04-29-2005, 01:57 PM

Vookimedlo beat me to it... =)

win32sux · 04-29-2005, 02:06 PM

http://www.novell.com/documentation/...ml/apas04.html