Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/15631: 3.4 won't install with IBM 37.5 gb disks Message-ID: <200008151750.KAA75561@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/15631; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/15631: 3.4 won't install with IBM 37.5 gb disks Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 03:40:57 +1000 (EST) On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > This problem is still in FreeBSD-3-stable, except it can be worked around > > using LBA mode (don't use panic dumps in LBA mode under FreeBSD-3.4). See > > PR 15611, and wd.c revs 1.218, 1.219 and 1.186.2.5. > > I'm unsure where to go with this. Do Bruce's patches on PR 15611 allow > for the use of >32GB filesystems in RELENG_3 without the use of LBA > mode? No, they only make it fail properly in CHS mode. The wd driver went away too fast in -current for me to finish the fix. > Irrespective, since there's no future release scheduled on the RELENG_3 > line, I think the way to go with this one is to add an errata entry for > 3.5-RELEASE. However, I can't write the text without understanding the > problem fully, and I can't test this out myself because I don't have > enough scratch hardware. Same here. My largest drive is 9GB :-). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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