Re: 2.1.131 size limitations.

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:12:54 +0200 (EET)


> Info:
> Just installed a new SCSI hard disk on a Linux machine running 2.1.131.
>
> It appears as though mke2fs will not allow operation on a partition
> that exceeds about 3++ gigabytes. It errors out with "illegal request"
> messages.
>
> It also appears as though mkswap will not allow a swap partition in
> excess of about 128 megabytes.
>
> Are these known limitations?

First sounds like *very old* mke2fs which can't do proper
64-bit llseek() and thus be able to work at the large media.
Try with version 1.13. (A week old, or so.)

The second one sounds like it needs the new util-linux package.
See Documentation/Changes.

> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
> ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
> Penguin : Linux version 2.1.131 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
> Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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