> Yes, I bought Promise Ultra ATA/133 controller thinking this would support > big drives. > One problem is support for LBA48, which 2.4.18 didn't have. > What is the difference between LVM1 and LVM2? Do I have to redo the lvm > using LVM2 to get access to big disc support? No, LVM 1 support big drives. I am using 160GB Maxtor without problems with LVM 1 and Promis U133 cards and kernels 2.4.19+. Have you checked the partition table on the drive? Try removing the old one and create use the entire disk with LVM, instead of a partition. > Regards, > //Bjorn >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >> Från: Anders Widman [mailto:andewid@tnonline.net] >> Skickat: den 19 januari 2003 16:58 >> Till: Bjorn >> Kopia: linux-lvm@sistina.com >> Ämne: Re: [linux-lvm] Getting 200GB ATA133 and Promise Ultra133 to work >> >> > Hello! >> >> > I have Slackware 8.1 and activated lvm on 4 200GB Maxtor ATA133 drives. >> > Only 130 GB became useable on each drive. Upgrading Linux kernel to >> 2.4.20 >> > and downloading LVM2 and device mapper from sestina. Doing 2.4.19 patch >> on >> > 2.4.20. Still lvm thinks it is 130 GB drives. >> > What is the trick to use 200GB drives? >> >> Do you have a IDE controller that support BIG Drive Technology >> (132GB+)? >> >> > Regards, >> >> > //Bjorn >> > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
