The resize2fs command fails to run on a 16TiB filesystem

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The resize2fs command fails to run on a 16TiB filesystem
  • The resize2fs command fails when run against a filesystem on a 16TiB device.
  • It aborts with the following error message.
    # resize2fs -f <device-name> 2147483647
resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
resize2fs: File too large while trying to determine filesystem size
  • It's not reasonable that 16Tib filesystem can be created but the resize2fs command fails.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6
  • e2fsprogs-1.41.12-3.el6
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-23.el5

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