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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:40:48 -0800
From: LA Walsh <law@sgi.com>
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To: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
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Subject: Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems
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Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 
> >4k page size * 2GB = 8TB.
> 
> Try it.
> If your drive (array) is larger than 512byte*4G (4TB) linux will eat
> your data.
---
	I have a block device that doesn't use 'sectors'.  It
only uses the logical block size (which is currently set for
1K).  Seems I could up that to the max blocksize (4k?) and
get 8TB...No?

	I don't use the generic block make request (have my
own).  

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L A Walsh                        | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
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