From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 17:48:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93DD7377 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:48:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (mail-wi0-f173.google.com [209.85.212.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30A7C22E for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:48:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id hq4so198214wib.12 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:48:50 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date :to:x-gm-message-state; bh=D1GZWOnpfbQ+D0/iHkyrRSwQQhshw0ndI9vq1gFoPjU=; b=pQ96ubp+VKg360LJyYkAkHFgSS0ShKeSYe0O9bjan12NU9H10XhIPyADmHyU1FWomT nMDgg2yRKCKVvF6o0rr6Hlp7BckJx1oqa09ALurBwHkH1rz6BIKz9Aw0nS4R04ozj8MK evF/W1JDcKmVpQ4nSI5KTa5b6Fj8Bou/R8h5tRb83m4uNE/B1pvDLvWdrCXWwdjvs+uy AclLvfr0dFOYUZ5VMfbXPxPMPxQn1fbSfVZPGnsYeHWZBVZQexTE2fh85rUiZPNRDOjE SBJdSCkSRUJ83MEzZrpLrPLsUYGgqiFd30z5S93gI9Bul6JVt1RPc+yVaKJ9F288RZ8R OCew== X-Received: by 10.180.77.68 with SMTP id q4mr1043964wiw.10.1360864129975; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:48:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.51.168.226] ([92.90.20.86]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o13sm662908wie.10.2013.02.14.09.48.42 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:48:49 -0800 (PST) References: <201302141233.r1ECXVXx020101@mp.cs.niu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <91898E96-6BCB-43D1-BBA7-CA0C7AEC8167@my.gd> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10B144) From: Damien Fleuriot Subject: Re: 3 TB disk troubles Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:48:35 +0100 To: Warren Block X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn/nkgayyCDgfgLuHM4grqYbOzD8HNmEd+XPTPlROQDozVMpn1iL1xIczWSQC1cZndLIkPH Cc: Scott Bennett , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "joar.jegleim@gmail.com" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:48:57 -0000 On 14 Feb 2013, at 17:01, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Scott Bennett wrote: >=20 >> The confusing thing is that the kernel says it's a 3 TB device, >> but the utility programs say otherwise. >=20 > There are more than a few SATA to USB adapters that are not capable of dea= ling 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 oft= en shown on the device box or description. >=20 > The kernel may still identify the device correctly, possibly with differen= t capacity detection. >=20 > As mentioned, ESATA or just bypassing the SATA/USB/Firewire adapter and co= nnecting directly to the drive should give the full capacity. >=20 I might be completely off here but, what about trying it over FireWire on a x= 64 box, as opposed to his 32bit 8.2 ?