On Monday 16 December 2002 09:06 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote:
> Reiser 3.5 and 3.6 can handle up to 17.6 Terrabyte in a single
> filesystem. (check www.namesys.com)
> Practically speaking this is also the maximum file size, which is
> logical given the partition size.
>
> So it shouldn't be reiser... maybe the drive is malfunctioning, or it is
> not supported by your BIOS (that large).  This used to be the case with
> 2-4 GB drivers in 486's or early pentiums.  The manufacturers often get
> arround this by installing some low-level driver.  Unfortunately these
> are often incompatible with *NIX.
>
> Maybe you can try JFS, XFS or EXT3 to check?
>

Thanks man... It turns out to me far worse than I suspected. At first I 
thought I was exceeding the partition size. Turns out I just made the mistake 
of buying a Western Digital drive! Arrrgggg....

> Kind regards
>
> Guy
>
> > Perhaps a dumb question, but what is the maximum partition size you can
> > make a linux ext2, or reisfer or any other linux partition? The reason I
> > ask, is I just purchased a 180gb IDE drive and Reiser is choking. I've
> > done a cursory search on the internet and not seeing anything.


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