From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 15:15:53 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 F41BC16A400 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D159013C447 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 1169 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2007 15:15:52 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 11 Jun 2007 15:15:52 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 5083C28440; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:15:51 -0400 (EDT) To: Enrique Ayesta Perojo References: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:15:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200706111013.04972.eayesta@portugalete.uned.es> (Enrique Ayesta Perojo's message of "Mon\, 11 Jun 2007 10\:13\:04 +0200") Message-ID: <44vedufro8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:53 -0000 Enrique Ayesta Perojo 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/