linux-kernel - Re: Truncated Filesystem

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:49:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17@...e.edu>
To:	Benjamin Carr <bcarr@...i.edu>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Truncated Filesystem

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 at 8:49pm, Benjamin Carr wrote

>> What kind of partition table is it?  MS-DOS partition tables have a 2 TB
>> limit.
>
> Hadn't thought of that, doesn't look good.
> -Ben
>
> sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc1
> benc's password:

Issue number one -- don't use fdisk, as it doesn't support devices that 
big.  Use parted instead:

parted /dev/sdc
mklabel gpt
mkpart primary ext2 0 11TB
quit

where you may have to sub some other value for the "11TB" in the mkpart 
line -- I forget the exact syntax.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin
UCSF
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