Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:15:51 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Enrique Ayesta Perojo <eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB Message-ID: <44vedufro8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> (Enrique Ayesta Perojo's message of "Mon\, 11 Jun 2007 10\:13\:04 %2B0200") References: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es>
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Enrique Ayesta Perojo <eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> writes: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a HP DL320s. This server has a P400 RAID > controller with 12 SATA disk drives attached to it. The RAID controller is > supported in FreeBSD through the ciss driver. > > The problem happens when i try to use a RAID larger in size to 2 Terabyte, > then the install program freezes and the machine reboots (it cannot find the > disk). If the array is smaller than 2 Terabytes then there is no problem, the > controller detects the disk and i can install FreeBSD on it. I have tried > with i386 and AMD64 versions (the server has a Xeon processor supported by > AMD64) > > Any clue on how to solve it? FreeBSD can't be installed on disks larger than 2 > TB? Well, the installer can't handle it, at any rate. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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