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shipon_97 07-06-2009 11:23 AM
RHEL 5 supports only 2 TB space for a partition !
 
Dear Friends ,

I am using Redhat Ent Linux 5.0 with a EMC storage which HDD space is 4 TB. After Installing RHEL 5 , I get 4 TB space available but when I am going to create a partition then the OS show 2TB available space . I cannot create a partition above 2TB space . Is there any limitation of linux regarding this issue ?

I am trying to create partition during installation of o/s and after installation of o/s (using fdisk) .

Plz inform ..

Wim Sturkenboom 07-06-2009 11:32 AM
from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

cmdln 07-06-2009 01:01 PM
If I recall correctly you need gpt. I believe fdisk is broken in the large filesystem area. Try using parted instead.

chrism01 07-06-2009 06:38 PM
Looks like RHEL does support large filesystem limits http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/. Maybe its the EMC?

cmdln 07-06-2009 11:24 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrism01 (Post 3599027)
Looks like RHEL does support large filesystem limits http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/. Maybe its the EMC?
Redhad supports >2TB but fdisk does not. To create a partition >2TB you need to use GPT labels. Its the utility thats the issue, try parted.

Code:
parted /dev/sdx
mklabel gpt
mkpart primary 0 4TB
Something like that should do the trick


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