Re: can't access LUN >2TB with aic7xxx, Infortrend EonStor and 2.6.31-rc1

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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:40:21AM -0700, Drew wrote:
> > You could also go for a configuration fix where you reconfigure the array
> > with LUNs below 2TB and then use MD or DM to stitch them back together
> > into a single device.
> 
> Would you not also have to partition the drive using GPT partitions?
> LVM aside, I thought any partition over 2TB had to be GPT.

If you choose to partition the device at all -- I often create filesystems
directly on the block device.  Regardless, you need the SCSI command
to be able to get to the device before you can start worrying about
partitioning schemes.

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