Bug 129701 - adjustment to vgcreate man page regarding max size of block dev
Summary: adjustment to vgcreate man page regarding max size of block dev
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: lvm2
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
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Assignee: Alasdair Kergon
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: 143148 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 143501
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Reported: 2004-08-11 21:30 UTC by Red Hat Bugzilla
Modified: 2008-03-13 19:18 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2005-192
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-01-19 17:06:02 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:192 0 low SHIPPED_LIVE lvm2 bug fix and enhancement update 2005-06-09 04:00:00 UTC

Description Red Hat Bugzilla 2004-08-11 21:30:22 UTC 
Observed on RHEL4 0811 ia64

The man page for 'vgcreate' states this:

...
 There  is also (as of Linux 2.4) a kernel limitation of 2TB per block
device.


It's my understanding that with 2.6 kernels, this limit is gone or at
least higher.  So the limiting factor would most likely be the 
filesystem, not the max size of a block device.  I suggest the man
page be updated to avoid confusion.  I'm not sure where else this
limit might be discussed.
Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2004-08-12 15:10:04 UTC 
A lot of the man page needs revising.
Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2004-12-21 15:22:36 UTC 
*** Bug 143148 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-01-19 17:05:09 UTC 
Man page corrected.
Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-01-19 17:06:02 UTC 
will be included in 2.01.01
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-06-09 12:29:56 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-192.html
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