Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:42:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Cc: Tom <tom@sdf.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DPT install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980522144226.16082C-100000@itsdsv2.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980522140943.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:
>
> On 21-May-98 Tom wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to use the boot-dpt 2.2.6-RELEASE floppy to bootstrap a new
> > DPT based system. However, sysinstall hangs after newfs'ing the
> > filesystems.
> >
> > I'm using a 21GB array, with auto-defaults for the filesystems, so /usr
> > is over 20GB in size. If I delete /usr and replace it with a 500MB
> > filesystem, leaving the remaining space unallocated, sysinstall has no
> > problem completing the newfs step.
> >
> > Anyone else had problems with sysinstall on a mid-sized array like
> > this?
>
> Yup. Me :-)
> But not on 3.0-current. I noticed that 2.2 does not like huge partitions,
> but this is not consnstent.
>
> Simon
This has me a bit nervous. This July I will be implementing an NFS server
with a 60GB DTP-based array. My plan has been to use 2.2-stable... but
perhaps 3.0-current is my only choice? Is this -stable problem
understood, with a fix coming any time soon?
Any other concerns that I should be sweating about as I'm planning on
building an array of this size? (and it will probably double in size the
following summer)
Thanks,
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