On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 04:21:59PM -0500, AndyLiebman@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Question.
>
> I just loaded up a 64-bit distribution of Linux. I compiled the kernel
> optimized for AMD -- (which is what I have, dual Opterons). When I go to put
> XFS
> on my big RAID array, I am able to create the filesystem with a 64k block
> size. But then I can't mount it.
>
> I was under the impression that with 64-bit Linux, one could make xfs
> partitions with large block sizes -- that with 64-bit Linux, there's no 4K
> limitation. Am I missing something? What do I have to do to be able to mount
> this
> RAID?
>
> Thanks in advance for some wisdom.
The limitation is the size of a page. If you have a kernel that
can support 64K pages (eg. IA64), then you can use 64K blocks.
cheers.
--
Nathan
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