Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:01:22 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, joar.jegleim@gmail.com Subject: Re: 3 TB disk troubles Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302140854180.67868@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201302141233.r1ECXVXx020101@mp.cs.niu.edu> References: <201302141233.r1ECXVXx020101@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Scott Bennett wrote: > The confusing thing is that the kernel says it's a 3 TB device, > but the utility programs say otherwise. There are more than a few SATA to USB adapters that are not capable of dealing with larger devices. I've seen at least one that could not handle a 1T drive. Now that larger drives are becoming more common, the limits are often shown on the device box or description. The kernel may still identify the device correctly, possibly with different capacity detection. As mentioned, ESATA or just bypassing the SATA/USB/Firewire adapter and connecting directly to the drive should give the full capacity.
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