On Sunday 09 December 2007, John Summerfield wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> I've stumbled through the man page, and I've read the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf >> file looking for clues and have come up pretty much as dumb as when I >> started. >> >> I just bought a SATA controller & a 400GB deathstar, with the intention of >> putting F8 on it, using about 250 megs for an ext3 boot partition, 20GB >> each in ext3 for /home, /opt & /root, and the rest in the lvm2 filesystem. >> That will mean something over 300GB. >> >> Is this beyond whatever size limitations the lvm2 filesystem can handle? > >No. >ext3 tops at 8 terabytes or 16, depending on which version (and maybe >depending on block size). lvm goes bigger, but I don't recall how much >bigger. Big enough for ext4 I suspect. > >ext3 addresses blocks, and its limit is what it can address with 32 bits. > Thanks John, that is one less worry for me. 'twould be nice though if those limits, or lack of them, were documented such as to be more easily found. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Book: "They'll come at you sideways. It's how they think: sideways. Sidle up and smile, hit you where you're weak." --"Serenity"
