Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:13:42 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Joshua Boyd <boydjd@jbip.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1950: MPT0 doesn't recogniz hard drive > 2TB Message-ID: <4E0C2226.1060507@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinZn0p2jYjtOVobvS0Ok%2BcTXksO4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E0ADB0A.2070409@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <BANLkTinZn0p2jYjtOVobvS0Ok%2BcTXksO4g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/29/11 15:57, Joshua Boyd wrote: > 2011/6/29 O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de > <mailto:ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>> > > Questions: > a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS > issue which can be solved? > > > Hi Oliver, > > Neither, unfortunately. The 1068E based cards do not support drives over > 2TB. See here: > > http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16399.aspx > > -- > Joshua Boyd > > E-mail: boydjd@jbip.net <mailto:boydjd@jbip.net> > http://www.jbip.net Hello Joshua. Thanks for the fast response. Yes, you're right. I revealed by several postings in the net that the controller in question is not capable of handling disks > 2TB. It's a pitty. Oliver
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