fdisk - partition size limitation? 2006-01-12 - By danci@(protected)
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, danci@(protected) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> does 'fdisk' have an implicit limitation in maximum size of a partition it
> can create? Or is this a deeper problem, originating from 'msdos'
> partition labels?
>
> I have a 5TB disk storage, which is currently setup to present all that
> space as one volume. I can make a filesystem using a whole disk
> (/dev/sdc), but I prefer using partitions.
>
> But it seems like there is some 32-bit issue with fdisk - I can't create
> paritions larger then '145814' cylinders (which is 1171245312 blocks or
> 63-2342490687 sectors).
>
> If I use 'sector' units fdisk allows the maximum number 2147483647...
>
> I'm sure some of you have storages larger than 2TB - how do you use them?
Forgot to mention - I use 64-bit OS version.
D.
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