Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2 TB partition support | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Wed, 12 Nov 2003 01:45:43 +0100 |
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Bernd Schubert <Bernd.Schubert@tc.pci.uni-heidelberg.de> writes:
> Are 2TB possible with an unpatched 2.4.x 64bit-AMD64 kernel? The > partion is supposed to be reiserfs. I read an about 2 years old > discussion about this and Hans Reiser statet that the maximum size is > about 2GB. Unfortunality I don't know what this 'about' depends on. > Furthermore our server for this will be an Opteron and so perhaps this > limit is much higher on 64bit systems.
In theory yes, but note that nobody tested the drivers for 64bit cleanness in block numbers. I would do careful testing first if your block driver supports >2TB.
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