Ubuntu 9.04: mkfs.xfs question

Sjonnie48 · 09-05-2009, 09:26 AM

Hi folks, with mdadm I succeeded in creating a raid array.
Now I must make a file system and my choice is xfs. However there seems to be an option needed in case the disk space exceeds 2TB.
I have googled on this subject but I did not find a clue.
The raid array will be used to store my music files.
Any help on this topic is welcome.

kbp · 09-05-2009, 10:03 AM

Hi,

A quick google suggested creating a GPT partition with parted, I havent tested this though,

Found a ref:
http://plone.lucidsolutions.co.nz/li...r-a-device-2tb

cheers

Sjonnie48 · 09-05-2009, 10:19 AM

Thanks but it did not work.
I tried it and got an error message:

parted: invalid token: gpt

Don't know what it means ...

The PIT · 09-06-2009, 05:11 AM

I used webmin to configure mine. http://www.webmin.com/
I also had loads of other silly problems until I spotted an article that told me to delete the array from the card I was using.
Once I did that I could format the array from webmin otherwise I got unknown partition and other errors.