From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 09:27:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA17716A41F for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:27:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A87D13C44B for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:27:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2007 09:27:41 -0000 Received: from pD952EBAB.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO core2duo.local) [217.82.235.171] by mail.gmx.net (mp017) with SMTP; 11 Jun 2007 11:27:41 +0200 X-Authenticated: #4870692 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/QKxsRkPDQk/lRuCNYTr7r64tHLx9RfaYlk3JC/P OJy3iNt7mreI2K Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:27:34 +0200 From: Andreas Rudisch To: Enrique Ayesta Perojo Message-Id: <20070611112734.a3014ee1.cyb.@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> References: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__11_Jun_2007_11_27_34_+0200_B.xXjSlhSi/0tcdX" X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:27:43 -0000 --Signature=_Mon__11_Jun_2007_11_27_34_+0200_B.xXjSlhSi/0tcdX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:13:04 +0200 Enrique Ayesta Perojo wrote: > Hello >=20 > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a HP DL320s. This server has a P400 = RAID=20 > controller with 12 SATA disk drives attached to it. The RAID controller i= s=20 > supported in FreeBSD through the ciss driver. >=20 > The problem happens when i try to use a RAID larger in size to 2 Terabyte= ,=20 > then the install program freezes and the machine reboots (it cannot find = the=20 > disk). If the array is smaller than 2 Terabytes then there is no problem,= the=20 > controller detects the disk and i can install FreeBSD on it. I have tried= =20 > with i386 and AMD64 versions (the server has a Xeon processor supported b= y=20 > AMD64) >=20 > Any clue on how to solve it? FreeBSD can't be installed on disks larger t= han 2=20 > TB? >=20 > Thanks A quick google search revealed this: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/bigdisk/index.html Andreas --=20 GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://cyb.websimplex.de/pubkey.asc Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 --Signature=_Mon__11_Jun_2007_11_27_34_+0200_B.xXjSlhSi/0tcdX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGbRWG8P3NNypXNWURAjaJAKCz2yNMG4742k1zW1qvyHLmPRLwxQCfXfch ilCvpIr/RT8BJFINkyrdLd4= =BhmF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__11_Jun_2007_11_27_34_+0200_B.xXjSlhSi/0tcdX--