> 2.2.14-5 Kernel that comes standard with Redhat Linux 6.2. I am trying to
> determine the best way to patch a pile of Redhat 6.2 (zoot)systems to
> recognize 1Terabyte and larger disks. I am trying to directly attach
> 1.5Terabyte (external) RAID arrays to these Redhat 6.2 systems via Ultra160
> SCSI adapters.
Split them into two arrays
> The cut-off point for large disks in Redhat 6.2 and 7.2 appears to be around
> 900 Gigabytes, I can get both Redhat 6.2 and 7.2 to see up to around 900
> gigs as 1 disk. I've heard about a 64-bit IO patch for an older 2.x.x 'pre8'
> release kernel but would like to know if theres a way to get this
> accomplished with Redhat 6.2/Kernel 2.2.14-5. Any insight into this problem
> would be greatly appreciated!
Passing 1Tb wraps the block number in 32bit space. Fixing that to 2Tb has
been done and verified for a few controllers (Leonard Zubkoff did some
work on that) for current 2.4. Doing it "right" is a 2.5 project.
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