From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 20 16:44:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8DD937B401; Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:44:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD66743FDD; Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:44:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h3KNiGUE014491; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:44:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost)h3KNiG9A014488; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:44:16 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:44:16 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030421023055.O75698-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: UFS2 now the default creation type on 5.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:44:20 -0000 On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, David Schultz wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2003, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 11:31:21AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > > > > There were initially some size glitches because UFS2 required additional > > > > 64-bit operations in the boot record, and that exceeded the space at the > > > > front of the file system, but I believe that has now been resolved. > > > > > > s/resolved/hacked around/ > > [...] > > > revision 1.10 > > > date: 2003-02-24 04:57:01; author: mckusick; state: Exp; lines: +2 -0 > > > Revert to old (broken for over 1.5Tb filesystems) version of cgbase > > > so that boot loader once again will fit. > > > > It might be worth noting the size limit on the root filesystem somewhere > > for the unfortunate person who decides not to partition. > > Clarification question: is it only the size of the root file system that > is limited, or is it also the location of the root file system on the > disk? I.e., is a 256MB file root file system located 1.7TB into the array > also going to not work? I was going to commit this to the partitioning > documentation in sysinstall: > > WARNING: FreeBSD on i386 is currently unable to boot from file > systems larger than 1.5TB, so the root file system must exist > entirely below the 1.5TB mark. > > But it ocurred to me that I was being unclear as to whether it was the > size or the location and size that mattered. Could you make the language > above right? :-) > I believe it should read: WARNING: FreeBSD on i386 currently has a root partition size restriction of 1.5TB. whetever any bios presently actually supports disks larger than 1TB - and hence booting from above 1TB areas - is another question. Some time ago the answer was no, but it might have changed. > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories >