From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 11:03:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03484 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:03:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from exchange-server.modacad.com (mail.modacad.com [206.253.27.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03476 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from MattL@ModaCAD.com) Received: by EXCHANGE_SERVER with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <11YA6P63>; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:01:03 -0800 Message-ID: From: Matt Liu To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Unable to newfs HD >10G with 3.0 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:00:58 -0800 Importance: high X-Priority: 1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Can any tell me what are the bugs. I looked into the mkfs() code yesterday night. The error message I ran into is "input/output error". I tried to locate this string in the code but not found them. I used the release 3.0 CDROM's sysinstall to do the disk. Do you guys think I should download another copy Freebsd 3.0 stable form ftp site. Is it the CDROM I subscribed is less as good as the 3.0-stable in the ftp site? If so, it seems I need to down load the whole 3.0 stable tree to be a bit more bug free. Remember, I used MS format.exe to do that succesfully. Look like MS things are better compitible with drives. and this will put Freebsd in much disadvantage. MattL UNIX/NT Admin @modacad.com > ---------- > From: Daniel C. Sobral[SMTP:dcs@newsguy.com] > Reply To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 9:17 AM > To: Matt Liu > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Unable to newfs HD >10G with 3.0 > > Matt Liu wrote: > > > > I bought a fujisu 10G ATA HD. fdisked and then cannot newfs it. Some can > be > > newfsed, some cannot and give me a input/output error. > > > > It seems that it will newfs if I partitioned it into several small > slice. > > Look like you cannot create a single 10 G fs on the drive. > > > > can FreeBSD able to support to create a fs larger or equal 10G? > > > > I tried change geometry setting in the sysinstall fdisk screen. it does > not > > help. > > You failed to mention what version of FreeBSD you are using. There > are many around, y'know... :-) I'm even amazed at how many bugs are > reported for 2.2.7 and earlier... > > A "bug" is a "bug" if it exists in the most up to date -stable > version of FreeBSD. Well, right now there are 3.0-STABLE and > 2.2.8-STABLE, so things are a little bit more muddier. Generally > speaking, I'd say the more up to date 2.2.8-STABLE, unless you are > already on the 3.0 branch. > > Back to the question, I seem to recall a patch for >8Gb being > applied to 2.2.8-STABLE. That's *not* the 2.2.8-RELEASE, the one > that came on the CD-ROM. That's *after* the -release, which you can > get on the Internet, by using cvsup, for instance. Check the > handbook if you have any questions about this. > > So, if you are already running the latest 2.2.8-stable, and still > have the problem, could you provide us with the other thing you > forgot, namely the error messages? > > Last, but not least, this question is really more appropriate for > -questions than -hackers. > > -- > Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > dcs@newsguy.com > > She just looked at him over the rotating pencil like, how slow can > a mammal be and still have respiratory functions? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message