Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932374AbWCRKMB (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:12:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932378AbWCRKL5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:11:57 -0500 Received: from mail.clusterfs.com ([206.168.112.78]:24201 "EHLO mail.clusterfs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932374AbWCRKL4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:11:56 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:11:02 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: Takashi Sato Cc: Badari Pulavarty , lkml , ext2-devel Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ext2/3: Support 2^32-1blocks(e2fsprogs) Message-ID: <20060318101102.GZ30801@schatzie.adilger.int> Mail-Followup-To: Takashi Sato , Badari Pulavarty , lkml , ext2-devel References: <000401c6482d$880adfa0$4168010a@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp> <1142630359.15257.30.camel@dyn9047017100.beaverton.ibm.com> <00e801c64a50$e4c82980$4168010a@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00e801c64a50$e4c82980$4168010a@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 960 Lines: 27 On Mar 18, 2006 14:57 +0900, Takashi Sato wrote: > >elm3b29:~/e2fsprogs-1.38/misc # ./mke2fs /dev/md0 > >mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) > >mke2fs: Filesystem too large. No more than 2**31-1 blocks > > (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported. > > > >When I try to create "ext3": > > As I said in my previous mail, You should specify -F option to > create ext2/3 which has more than 2**31-1 blocks. > It is because of the compatibility. Oh, using -F for this is highly dangerous. That would allow mke2fs to run on e.g. a mounted filesystem or something. Instead use an option like "-E 16tb" or something. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc. - 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/