[mythtv-users] Max partition size?

[Matt Dorsch]

On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 10:43 PM Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 21:22:37 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Good evening,
> >
> >I just replaced a 4TB drive with a 10TB drive. A directory on the 4TB
> drive
> >was one of my recording storage directories. After swapping drives, MythTV
> >Backend no longer reports the new drive as a storage drive. I don't see
> >anything in the log about the storage directory not being found. I've
> tried
> >removing the directory from the list of storage directories and then
> >re-adding it. Still no dice.
> >
> >These are the steps I used to replace the drive:
> >1. Partition the new drive: one 10TB partition.
> >2. mkfs to make an ext4 filesystem.
> >3. mount the new partition at /mnt/onsite-linux.
> >4. rsync -X --delete -a /home3/* /mnt/onsite-linux
> >    /home3 is the mount point for the drive/partition being replaced.
> >5. umount the new partition.
> >6. assign a UUID to the new  partition.
> >7. update /etc/fstab with the new UUID.
> >8. shutdown
> >9. swap drives
> >10. boot
> >
> >The new partition is mounted. I can see it just fine through other means,
> >but mythbackend doesn't seem to want to use it. Any thoughts?
> >
> >For now, I've unmounted the new partition and remounted the old one.
> >Mythbackend is happy again.
> >
> >If needed, I can resize the partition, either with a tool (theoretically
> >avoiding a recopy) or via repartitioning and recopying.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Matt
>
> I have one 12 Tbyte drive and mythbackend sees the recordings on it.
> However, I have it formatted as JFS.  EXT4 should not be a problem -
> it is fine with huge partitions.  If the partition is usable by other
> software, then I doubt it is a problem with the partitioning.  It is
> more likely just an ownership or permissions problem.
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You are correct. While I checked ownership and permissions on the
appropriate directories below the mount point, something was changing the
O&P of the mount point depending on which partition I was mounting. Thanks!
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