>> On Tuesday, 13 May 2003, at 08:47:58 +0200, >> Jon Bendtsen wrote: >> > Other than not being larger than the blockdevice, and doesnt the >> > blockdevice has a limit of 2T ? >> > >> Your are right. There has been native support for huge (huge is large than >> large :) block devices in 2.5.x for some time, and I think there is also >> a backport to 2.4.x (I suppose main Linux distributors have some sort of >> support for huge block devices, at least on their latest business-grade >> offerings). XFS has a couple 2.4.x LBD (Large Block Device) patches available on their ftp site. ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/weekly-snapshot-patch/ I'm pretty sure they just have them there for convenience. I don't know where the official source is. I have never used, them nor do I know any specifics. Greg -- Greg Freemyer _______________________________________________ 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/
