Cannot create ext4 filesystem with 1024 blocksize for 1Tb storage on RHEL7.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

# mkfs.ext4 -b 1024 /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv
mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
/dev/mapper/testvg-testlv: Cannot create filesystem with requested number of inodes while setting up superblock

Environment

  • RHEL 7
  • ext4
  • e2fsprogs

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