From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 25 18:03:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2BE16A4E2; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@joeholden.co.uk) Received: from elise.stf.rewt.org.uk (elise.stf.rewt.org.uk [82.152.108.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D35D143D60; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:03:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@joeholden.co.uk) Received: from [10.2.1.102] (cpvirtual.operatelecom.com [62.232.41.245]) (authenticated bits=0) by elise.stf.rewt.org.uk (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7PI4cEi047070 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:04:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from joe@joeholden.co.uk) Message-ID: <44EF3B44.6030500@joeholden.co.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:02:44 +0100 From: Joe Holden Organization: joe@joeholden.co.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <44EEE36E.1040201@enc.edu> <200608251353.20035.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200608251353.20035.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 OpenPGP: id=13A6D1E7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig91D6081ECB2857A51CC02D8A" Cc: Scott Long , Julian Elischer , Dave Kingsley , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall disklabel limit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:03:45 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig91D6081ECB2857A51CC02D8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 25 August 2006 07:47, Dave Kingsley wrote: >> I am attemping to use a RocketRAID 2224 8 channel card to set up a >> storage server. The server board is an Intel SE7230NH1-E with a P4-D >> 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM. >> When I set up a RAID5 with 7 750GB drives I get nothing but wierdness.= >> Using sysinstall -> Configure -> Fdisk I can see the full size: >> DISK Geometry: 547149 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors =3D 8789948685 sector= s=20 >> (4291967MB) >> >> But Label sees: >> Disk: da0 Partition name: da0s1 Free: 200014030 blocks (97663M= B) >> >> What am I doing wrong? All of the drivers seem to installed; at least= =20 >> they say they are. >> Is this just too big for FreeBSD? I hope not! >=20 > I think there are some patches to fix sysinstall, but it still tops out= at 2TB=20 > I thought. cc'ing some folks who probably know better than I. >=20 http://www.freebsd.org/projects/bigdisk/index.html ta, J --------------enig91D6081ECB2857A51CC02D8A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7ztGdQJXshOm0ecRAne5AJ4zXviMFmyPDDm9JeWK2QuI0+lqbgCfT3xb QygHyYLLyEHtiW9kml+NSpA= =WBl4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig91D6081ECB2857A51CC02D8A--