Re: debian-1.3 partition size limitation ?

[Lawrence Chim <ychim@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au>]

Markus Diesmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to install debian-1.3 on a system with an
> Adaptec AHA-2940 UW SCSI Controller connected to
> a hardware raid IFT-3102U with 34GB avialable.
> 
> - partitioning the computers internal disk (also connected
>   to the SCSI controller) works fine
> 
> - partitioning a small (2GB) partition on the raid also works
>   fine
> 
> However an attempt to create a large partition 30GB
> (alone, or after the 2GB one) fails.
> 
> Independt of the existence of the 2GB partition,
> bad block scan for the large one results in a "bad block 49"
> 
> I know, that the file system limit for ext2 is somewhere in the
> tera byte region.
> 
> Is there a limit for the partitioning tool used by the
> debian-1.3 installation disks?
> And if so, is there a special tool for large partitions?

use fdisk should solve your problem

Lawrence


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