Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:09:42 -0500 From: Andrew Heybey <ath@niksun.com> To: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maxtor 40GB HD Message-ID: <85emcmb9nd.fsf@stiegl.niksun.com> In-Reply-To: Andy Dills's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:45:43 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912161736360.7610-100000@shell.xecu.net>
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Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> writes: > After fooling around with my problem (trying to create a 40GB fs), I've > found something strange. It feels like there is a hard limit somewhere > between 27 and 27.5 GB. If I make a FS 27.5 GB large, the newfs will fail. > If it's 27 GB, it works. I don't think it's a geometry problem, as it > doesn't matter if it's the last 27 GB of the disk or the first 27 GB; both > work. But, regardless of position on the disk, I can't create a FS larger > that this limit that is somewhere between 27 and 27.5 GB. I'm guessing the > limit is number of sectors/fs, but it's easier to type in bytes than > in sectors. > > This is backed up by somebody who emailed me stating that with their 27.5 > GB drive, they had to leave off the last couple of sectors to get it to > work. > > So, is this a bug, a kernel config, or anything you recognize? > And, anything I can do to fix it? > > Thanks, > Andy > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Andy Dills 301-682-9972 > Network Administrator Fax 301-695-4060 > Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net > ---------------------------------------------------- > Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message > /dev/ccd0c 66984252 4803840 56821672 8% /netvcr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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