Ext4 partition bigger than 2TB?

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Is there a way to make partition bigger than 2 TB on ext4 file system ?? Im trying to do that on debian but get message Partition size can not exceed 2TB ...

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 21 '11 at 16:09

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That is not a limitation of ext4, but a limitation of the MSDOS partition table format you are using.

You'll need to switch to GPT partition tables. Use gparted or parted to create a GPT partition table on your disk. This will allow you to create partitions bigger than 2 TB.

fdisk doesn't work with GPT and won't let you have >2TB partitions.

edited Feb 21 '11 at 16:09

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answered Feb 21 '11 at 14:35

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... or [GPT fdisk](http://rodsbooks.com./gdisk/). – JdeBP May 17 '11 at 10:52

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '11 at 14:34

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You can, but MBR can't allow disk to be more that 2TB. You have to switch your partition table to GPT

answered Feb 21 '11 at 14:34

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