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Need to create a partition larger than 2GB

Need to create a partition larger than 2GB

Post by allan » Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:00:00



I have a 9GB SCSI drive installed in a Compac server as a secondary
drive.  The server is running OpenServer 5.0.2 and I used the following
to prepare the drive:

# mkdev hd

It only seems to allow the creation of a 2GB partition but I am assuming
that since the HTFS filesystem allows larger than a 2GB filesystem that
I should be able to create a larger partition.

The company does not have any manuals (of course) and I have been trying
to figure this out from the man pages.

Can you guys help?

Thanks

 
 
 
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Need to create a partition larger than 2GB

Post by LJ » Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:00:00


I think that 2GB partition comes until a later version like 5.05.


Quote:> I have a 9GB SCSI drive installed in a Compac server as a secondary
> drive.  The server is running OpenServer 5.0.2 and I used the following
> to prepare the drive:

> # mkdev hd

> It only seems to allow the creation of a 2GB partition but I am assuming
> that since the HTFS filesystem allows larger than a 2GB filesystem that
> I should be able to create a larger partition.

> The company does not have any manuals (of course) and I have been trying
> to figure this out from the man pages.

> Can you guys help?

> Thanks


 
 
 
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Need to create a partition larger than 2GB

Post by allan » Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:00:00


Never mind.  I figured it out.  Thanks anyway LJ...

> I have a 9GB SCSI drive installed in a Compac server as a secondary
> drive.  The server is running OpenServer 5.0.2 and I used the following
> to prepare the drive:

> # mkdev hd

> It only seems to allow the creation of a 2GB partition but I am assuming
> that since the HTFS filesystem allows larger than a 2GB filesystem that
> I should be able to create a larger partition.

> The company does not have any manuals (of course) and I have been trying
> to figure this out from the man pages.

> Can you guys help?

> Thanks

 
 
 
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