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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:35:29 -0700 (MST)
From:      Barkley Vowk <bvowk@math.ualberta.ca>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: large disk > 8 TB
Message-ID:  <20071212003235.G54053@3jane.math.ualberta.ca>
In-Reply-To: <fjn195$v18$1@ger.gmane.org>
References:  <475D7866.1070803@hangwithme.com> <475D7D60.4040701@fuckner.net> <fjn195$v18$1@ger.gmane.org>

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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Ivan Voras wrote:

> Michael Fuckner wrote:
>> Lan Tran wrote:
>>> However, after I created a zfs zpool on this device it only shows 185
>>> GB. # zpool create tank /dev/mfid1s1d
>>> # zpool list
>>> NAME                    SIZE    USED   AVAIL    CAP  HEALTH     ALTROOT
>>> tank                    185G    111K    185G     0%  ONLINE     -
> This is the wrong way around. Why would something wrap drive sizes at a
> 32-bit limit? The driver and the GEOM systems are 64-bit clean, if this
> is a problem in ZFS, it's a serious one.

It looks like he created a 32bit disk label. He needs to use either 
the raw device, or gpt partitions I think.

Ie. /dev/mdid1 or /dev/mdid1p1 instead of /dev/mdid1s1



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