Re: [Ext2-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ext2/3: Support 2^32-1blocks(e2fsprogs)

[Takashi Sato]

Hi,

> On Mar 18, 2006  14:57 +0900, Takashi Sato wrote:
> > >elm3b29:~/e2fsprogs-1.38/misc # ./mke2fs /dev/md0
> > >mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
> > >mke2fs: Filesystem too large.  No more than 2**31-1 blocks
> > >        (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported.
> > >
> > >When I try to create "ext3":
> >
> > As I said in my previous mail, You should specify -F option to
> > create ext2/3 which has more than 2**31-1 blocks.
> > It is because of the compatibility.
>
> Oh, using -F for this is highly dangerous.  That would allow mke2fs to
> run on e.g. a mounted filesystem or something.  Instead use an option
> like "-E 16tb" or something.

I would like to integrate the function into new option "-O large_block"
in my mail "[PATCH 1/4] ext2/3: Extends the max file size(ext2 in kernel)".
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