Creating ext4 filesystem greater than 2TB hangs on RHEL as Hyper-V guest.
Issue
Unable to create an ext4 filesystem on a partition that is larger than 2TB:
Model: Msft Virtual Disk (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 4295GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 4295GB 4295GB ext4 primary
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL)
- Windows Hyper-V
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