Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:55:41 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Lawrence Farr <freebsd-stable@epcdirect.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install onto 6Tb array Message-ID: <453F349D.1000407@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <02f001c6f81a$05c96280$c806a8c0@lfarr>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Lawrence Farr wrote: > I'd like to install stable directly onto a 6Tb Areca array, and > have run out of clues how to do it. In the past I've always > used a separate boot volume that was small enough for sysinstall > to work with, but I have no space to fit more drives in this > chassis. I've tried putting a small partition on the start, > which boots fine, but screws up the disk sizing as the geometry > is wrong I guess? tried diskprep, but that gets the gemometry > wrong as well. Is the only option to use gpt and restore to > it from another boot device and hope that the bios can boot it? I am afraid so... 6TB is way too large for MBR to manage (which can support 4TB at maximum). Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFPzSdOfuToMruuMARAz3VAJ45jSQASW9q5PzkHLo2aK+k/eq1egCfQI+m viHcrVMJJ8Lxtpt7B02wkyo= =OHx3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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