Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:13:13 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@stringsutils.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Subject: Re: what is the safe <2 TB number, precisely ? Message-ID: <45626EC9.5000306@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <cone.1164076822.6502.48230.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0611161246240.21120-100000@shell.dhp.com> <ejksbq$vgs$1@sea.gmane.org> <cone.1164076822.6502.48230.1000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On 11/20/06 20:40, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Ivan Voras writes: > > >> As Eric said, the 2 TB issue is not tied to the file system. It's tied >> to the fdisk and disklabel. A perfectly valid workaround is not to use >> fdisk & disklabel to partition your drive, but to partition it in the >> array creation utility (safest) or use gpt (but you can't modify the gpt >> table if there are mounted partitions on it). >> >> Thus, you can do "newfs /dev/da1", "mount /dev/da1 /whatever", etc. > > Where can I find information about the "array creation utility"? > > A couple of searches did not return anything. What he meant (presumably) is the utility that came with the hardware array itself, to create logical drives within the array hardware, so it is presented to FreeBSD as a device all of its own. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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