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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:06:20 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 253787] Install error "No free space left on device." on Dell T610 w/H700 RAID 10 with 11.1TB
Message-ID:  <bug-253787-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 253787
           Summary: Install error "No free space left on device." on Dell
                    T610 w/H700 RAID 10 with 11.1TB
           Product: Base System
           Version: 12.2-STABLE
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: rallenh@hotmail.com

Hardware:
Dell T610 (in UEFI mode) 64GB RAM (in Advanced ECC mode) with H700 1GB cache
w/BBU (Firmware Package Version: 12.10.7-0001) and 8 x 3TB (2.8TB) Dell
(Hitachi) near line (7.2K) SAS 6 Gb/s drives.

RAID 10 Volume is empty and initialized. FreeBSD is the only OS.

When I configure all 8 drives in RAID 10 (11,176GB), I get an error during
install:
No free space left on device.

Steps:
 1. Boot from 12.2-STABLE CD1 ISO
(FreeBSD-12.2-STABLE-amd64-20210211-r369250-disc1.iso)
 2. at Welcome to FreeBSD!: Install (hit Enter)
 3. at Keymap Selection: Select (hit Enter)
 4. at Set Hostname: "local" (type in l-o-c-a-l)
 5. at Distribution Select: OK (hit Enter)
 6. at Partitioning: Auto (UFS) Guided Disk Setup (hit Enter)
 7. at Partition: Entire Disk (hit Enter)
 8. at Partition Scheme: GPT GUID Partition Table (hit Enter)
 9. Error: No free space left on device. <OK> (hit Enter)
10. at Partition Editor: Finish (hit Enter)
11. watch it install and set empty password
12. reboot
13. at loader: "Failed to load kernel 'kernel'

While I am at the loader, I'll check on devices:
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK lsdev
cd devices:
    cd0:    0 blocks (no media)
disk devices:
    disk0:    23437770752 X 512 blocks
      disk0p1: EFI
      disk0p2: FreeBSD UFS
http: (unknown)
net devices:
    net0:
    net1:
OK ls disk0p2:
open 'disk0p2:/' failed: no such file or directory
OK

Notice that there's no swap partition from using the "Auto" partitioning. I
can't `ls` the boot disk partition #2, but FreeBSD clearly thinks there's
something there it knows about, like a UFS partition.

On the same server, if I change the RAID 10 from using 8 drives to 6 drives
FreeBSD installs and reboots without issues (I am using it this way now). W=
ith
a 6 disk setup, the RAID 10 is 8,382GB in size. I can also "ls" the disk fr=
om
the loader prompt:
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK lsdev
cd devices:
    cd0:    0 blocks (no media)
disk devices:
    disk0:    17578328064 X 512 blocks
      disk0p1: EFI
      disk0p2: FreeBSD UFS
      disk0p3: FreeBSD swap
http: (unknown)
net devices:
    net0:
    net1:
OK ls disk0p2:
disk0p2:/
 d  .snap
 d  dev
 {...}
    COPYRIGHT
 d  media
    entropy
OK ls disk0p2:/boot/kernel/
disk0p2:/boot/kernel/
    wlan_amrr.ko
    ng_pred1.ko
    {...}
    snd_envy24.ko
    snd_ds1.ko
OK

I was able to find someone else reporting the same issue, albeit on the (12=
th)
generation of Dell PowerEdge's after the T610 (11th gen):
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/cant-load-kernel-after-fresh-install.408=
10/

The OP changed the partition size from max (25TB) to 250GB to get FreeBSD to
install and reboot successfully.

I'll upload serial console captures of the broken configuration with 11.1TB=
 and
from a working configuration with 8.3TB. Both captures are from the same bo=
x,
the only difference being the working configuration has 6 x 2.8TB drives in
RAID 10 (8.3TB total) and the broken configuration is all 8 x 2.8TB drives =
in
RAID 10 (11.1TB total).

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