[CentOS] FW: FDISK Help please in Centos 4.3

Rajeev R Veedu wrote:
> Is it possible to create one raid volume of 3.3 TB (9550SX-8lp X
> WD5000YS – 8nos) and create a file system with ext3? (CentOs4.3 64bit)
> 
> The maximum I am getting is 1.24tb and fdisk returns no more space
> available. But when I say fdisk /dev/sda it list full size of 3.3 TB.
> But I can not create partitions more than 1.24TB.
> 

one point that hasent been brought up in this thread, and I'd like to
mention it here, is that fdisk is actually deprecated, use parted
instead, and as Peter has pointed out already, you need a gpt partition
table type.

Also, since its been ref'd to - 3ware provides its own means of
supporting large volume blocks - carving.

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