Re: Problem with a large partition
Later on in your message, you have the following: uname -a Linux ftp.temp.org 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux It APPEARS that you are not running the 64bit version of Fedora. ACK! Stupid server tricked me. It did not have a DVD drive so I couldn't use my usual Fedora 12 DVD which is X64. I downloaded the live CD and assumed that it was 64bit. :/ Thank you for pointing that out. Time for a reinstall. --- Will Y. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Problem with a large partition
arag...@dcsnow.com wrote: ACK! Stupid server tricked me. It did not have a DVD drive so I couldn't use my usual Fedora 12 DVD which is X64. I downloaded the live CD and assumed that it was 64bit. :/ Thank you for pointing that out. Time for a reinstall. Both the DVD and the live CDs are available in both 32 and 64-bit versions. Unfortunately, the default download is the 32-bit version and it only says that in fine print. :-( (IMHO, 64-bit should be the default, people should try the 64-bit version first, chances are it'll work, and if not it should just tell them to fetch the legacy version.) Kevin Kofler -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Problem with a large partition
Hello all, I have a 22TB partition that I would like to use. I am using a 64bit CPU and used parted to create a partition and to format it. It created an ext2 partition that I was in the process of converting to ext4. This is where I hit a snag. Here is the error I got: # e2fsck -fDC0 /dev/sdb1 e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) Error determining size of the physical device: File too large Moving forward, I'm going to have to have e2fsck. fsck appears to be provided by util-linux-ng.i686. Shouldn't that be a 64bit version? Here is some system information: uname -a Linux ftp.temp.org 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux parted -l Disk /dev/sdb: 22.0TB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End SizeFile system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 22.0TB 22.0TB ext4 primary As always, any help would be appreciated. --- Will Y. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Problem with a large partition
Hello all, I have a 22TB partition that I would like to use. I am using a 64bit CPU and used parted to create a partition and to format it. It created an ext2 partition that I was in the process of converting to ext4. This is where I hit a snag. Here is the error I got: # e2fsck -fDC0 /dev/sdb1 e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) Error determining size of the physical device: File too large Moving forward, I'm going to have to have e2fsck. fsck appears to be provided by util-linux-ng.i686. Shouldn't that be a 64bit version? Later on in your message, you have the following: uname -a Linux ftp.temp.org 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux It APPEARS that you are not running the 64bit version of Fedora. For comparison, here is uname -a from my Intel Xeon QuadCore (64bit) system: [st...@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 18 19:52:07 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux So, for you, the i686 version of e2fsck would seem to be the correct one. BUT, e2fsck seems to be a part of the following package: [st...@localhost ~]$ rpm -q --whatprovides /sbin/e2fsck e2fsprogs-1.41.9-5.fc12.x86_64 /sbin/fsck IS a part of the package that you refer to above: [st...@localhost ~]$ rpm -q --whatprovides /sbin/fsck util-linux-ng-2.16.2-5.fc12.x86_64 Again, though, unless you install the 64bit version of Fedora, you will be needing the i686 versions of these RPM's. I am basing my assumption that you are running a 32bit version of Fedora from the fact that you are running the i686 kernel. Beyond that, I am NOT an expert :) Steven P. Ulrick -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Problem with a large partition
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM, arag...@dcsnow.com wrote: Hello all, I have a 22TB partition that I would like to use. I am using a 64bit CPU and used parted to create a partition and to format it. It created an ext2 partition that I was in the process of converting to ext4. This is where I hit a snag. Here is the error I got: # e2fsck -fDC0 /dev/sdb1 e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) Error determining size of the physical device: File too large Moving forward, I'm going to have to have e2fsck. fsck appears to be provided by util-linux-ng.i686. Shouldn't that be a 64bit version? Here is some system information: uname -a Linux ftp.temp.org 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Like Steven said, you may be using a 64 bit processor but your only running a 32 bit operating system. Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Problem with a large partition
On 02/05/2010 04:42 PM, arag...@dcsnow.com wrote: Hello all, I have a 22TB partition that I would like to use. I am using a 64bit CPU and used parted to create a partition and to format it. It created an ext2 partition that I was in the process of converting to ext4. This is where I hit a snag. Here is the error I got: *cough* *cough* Disclaimer: I don't have even 1TB in my largest system. # e2fsck -fDC0 /dev/sdb1 e2fsck 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) Error determining size of the physical device: File too large Looks like your partition is too large for an ext2 filesystem. From Wikipedia: Limits Max file size 16 GiB - 64 TiB Max number of files 1018 Max filename length 255 characters Max volume size 2-32 TiB Note the ranges in the max sizes. If you chose the wrong information when you configured (made) the partition initially, 22TB could be too big. Of course, the man page for mkfs.ext2 claims that if all you specified on the mkfs command line was the partition size, it should have chosen (heuristically) the proper configuration in the first place. Why didn't you create the partition as an ext4 partition in the first place? (Apologies if this partition was already in use when you decided to convert it) Moving forward, I'm going to have to have e2fsck. fsck appears to be provided by util-linux-ng.i686. Shouldn't that be a 64bit version? which fsck (what is its path?) AFAIK, fsck is just a wrapper package that calls the appropriate helper application once it determines the target's fstype. On my system (F11), /sbin/fsck is provided by e2fsprogs.x86_64 I do have util-linux-nq.x86_64 installed, but the only fsck support in it is /sbin/fsck.cramfs. Here is some system information: uname -a Linux ftp.temp.org 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Looks like your are only running a 32 Linux on your 64 bit CPU. To that end, you will only have 32 bit applications available to you. That doesn't mean you are limited in your choice of partition sizes, since the 32 bit software will still do the right thing to do the 64 bit arithmetic for you. parted -l Disk /dev/sdb: 22.0TB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End SizeFile system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 22.0TB 22.0TB ext4 primary As always, any help would be appreciated. I hope this has been helpful --- Will Y. -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@rcn.com cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi...@kjc386.framingham.ma.us Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
