From owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Fri Apr 15 03:56:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C471CAED8CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x236.google.com (mail-ig0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F9F016BC for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-x236.google.com with SMTP id ui10so11822347igc.1 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:56:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=anzk5WgJ3Xnv6P23O4/NuZRczD/pj78hJlnMGhws6HU=; b=CYfv2WXyABvCicjifsQLtB2SpDajEqf8tRuuTGGft2fpmGMSRbuy5dvKbRyzFpbLBQ f3CR/vyfAaJPKqwNZQ2JxMs4HnKRQUSiPyMLBKyc+ZQ03EY48EXQJ43M+2esX1WTkpJj PMrktr4v/z821LSxUk2akbSvXI/mewCTpCPBLTzrZT7Gi3GIW/4f4GKm7RNGeIYb9FOJ KqV7UKLFn9vuocMTC6+VxpLu15+jYrTW5Xh79XwCYquEKc9yFYefyVqcoIq45r2AAuDq Gf+SIs3JE8MXILyW9KGIHQy/CVMJFJo1Q0B3ot5RbjAsuq3GmQBgNdaJgY6wiDlGkLa6 61Tg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=anzk5WgJ3Xnv6P23O4/NuZRczD/pj78hJlnMGhws6HU=; b=S4JqA59aP4HWNvmtxG4MKmaRSXE6VHe8cAr9eP9j49mjSvNBh5yYK2XPQz8IxXnV9P DWgB9HCXtt2uBcyNYUnKS+ZL0ccda6Ruz3qrUh6eVKKWuBDMbglPOXWl+SOVp4iH1SCg dri9udLLzm/8QIU6/2m2Z/dEnMdr2jWWZvXC/NOBXJHlUOw4Y/06VpO4wzFx0Q5VNG0n UU2GgEfCcalWyubdmgbqSlkGUg6//18ZcsBahfPd/fwXK4vQgWorvvAKXemLv28j7zTH HD+HuC11Sqog2wBPCIjGpkFLfSi5DmrjS+1Zlc/rpDaiSw1ep4tVUeN5E5DfqK47W8w2 PZsw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWILHTSOvhhyJu77nXx7A9/T3zbqUg6/ChUzFv0Rzmg0h9aCt9782tI9WK3FY+35j25bdLPFET2mYLiQA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.160.37 with SMTP id xh5mr2370231igb.14.1460692610831; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:56:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.161.6 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:56:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.161.6 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:56:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A42D0DF-B246-40FC-A867-384E1CFDCB50@icloud.com> References: <4A42D0DF-B246-40FC-A867-384E1CFDCB50@icloud.com> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:56:50 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: BIOS booting from disks > 2TB From: Freddie Cash To: Adonis Peralta Cc: FreeBSD Filesystems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 03:56:51 -0000 On Apr 14, 2016 8:18 PM, "Adonis Peralta" wrote: > > I am getting the same issue. Essentially FreeBSD 10.3 is failing to boot from a Raid partition > 2TB. Installation goes fine but boot fails. As soon as setup the array below 2TB installation and boot up works fine. I will also say that once setup as a 4TB array Debian is also failing to boot. Im wondering whats going on. Im doing a fresh install with a guided gpt partition scheme. MBR only supports booting from partitions under 2 TB in size. It's a known issue with MBR partitions; ever since 500 GB drives were introduced and used in RAID5 arrays. Either create a separate boot partition that's under 2 TB in size (pretty much all hardware RAID controllers support that). Or, switch to using GPT. It's one of the main reasons GPT was created.