File system size 2TB limitation on Redhat 64 bits O.S.???

[Preston Hagar]

2009/6/26 mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw>:
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> we have DELL server with REDHAT 5.3 X86_64 bits version on it.  This server also have couple MD1000 connect to it.  We configured MD1000 as one hardware Volume size 2990GB.
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> I tried to use "fdisk" to partition this 2990Gb volume and "fdisk" can only see 2000GB.  does 64 bits O.S. still have 2TB limitation on File system?
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> Does there has other tool can partition disk size large than 2TB?  (I don't like use LVM)
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> Thanks.
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As others have said you need to use parted.  Here is a nice guide I
used to create a 10 TB and 6 TB RAID array (Areca cards, not PERC, but
it should be basically the same)

http://www.pantz.org/software/linux/filesystemsraidpartitions.html

Hope this helps,

Preston