mke2fs -F -T hugefile test.img 4T Creating filesystem with 1073741824 4k blocks and 1048576 inodes Superblock backups stored on blocks: Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating 1 huge file(s) : done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information test_filesys: 13/1048576 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 1073709417/1073741824 blocks Exit status is 0 debugfs -R "extents /store/big-data" test.img Last logical block: 1073610751 Last physical block: 1073741823