Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263274AbTKJX4l (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:56:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263290AbTKJX4l (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:56:41 -0500 Received: from mail001.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.142]:43721 "EHLO mail001.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263274AbTKJX4k (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:56:40 -0500 From: Peter Chubb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16304.9647.994684.804486@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:56:31 +1100 To: "Joseph Shamash" Cc: Subject: 2 TB partition support In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1007 Lines: 26 >>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Shamash writes: Joseph> Hello, Joseph> I'm wondering if I can create a 2 TB partition using linux Joseph> systems. If so, do I need any special patches? Yes you can do it. You need a 2.6 kernel. And it's best to use something other than the MSDOS partition format --- I suggest you use parted to create a GPT partition table (which means compiling your kernel to understand that format). You didn't say what architecture you're running on. If it's a 64-bit system you don't have to do anything else. If it's a 32-bit system, then turn on CONFIG_LBD when you compile. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/