Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:33:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Tuesday 2009 January 13 19:36:22 Paul E Condon wrote:
> >I do this because I want to
> >store large files on a HD whose hardware interface
> >limits file sizes to 4Gb, and I want to store larger
> >files than 4Gb. ( The HD has 500Gb total capacity.)
>
> HD hardware interfaces do not know where files begin and end.[1] You *might*
> be using a filesystem that limits you to 4Gb. If so, LVM won't buy you
> anything and you'll have to switch filesystems.
My hope is that I can write a bunch of 4G files mount them as 4G hard drives,
and group them into a single 'volume group' whose total capacity is some large
multiple of 4G. Is this impossible?
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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