From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 14:08:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9891716A46E for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mckusick@mckusick.com) Received: from chez.mckusick.com (dsl081-247-049.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.247.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7830813C480 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mckusick@mckusick.com) Received: from chez.mckusick.com (localhost.mckusick.com [127.0.0.1]) by chez.mckusick.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5CDnLDN096045; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:49:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mckusick@chez.mckusick.com) Message-Id: <200706121349.l5CDnLDN096045@chez.mckusick.com> To: "Vlad GURDIGA" Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:49:21 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Enrique Ayesta Perojo , Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Fwd: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:08:04 -0000 I believe that there are some limitations on booting FreeBSD from filesystems bigger than 2Tb, but I know of no limitations on building non-root filesystems bigger than 2Tb. I have copied Kris Kennaway and the FreeBSD filesystem mailing list in the hope that someone can give a more precise answer than me. Kirk McKusick ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:16:45 +0300 From: "Vlad GURDIGA" To: mckusick@mckusick.com Subject: Fwd: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB X-ASK-Info: Message Queued (2007/06/11 07:17:40) X-ASK-Info: Confirmed by User (2007/06/11 07:20:20) Hello, Wikipedia says that you contributed to development of FFS and I thought you might give a sure answer to a question about it. These days I saw a question on freebsd-questions mailing list that was left without a solution till now [see below]. Is there any chance that FFS can be extended to handle larger disks? Best regards. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Enrique Ayesta Perojo Date: 11-Jun-2007 11:13 Subject: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hello I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a HP DL320s. This server has a P400 RAID controller with 12 SATA disk drives attached to it. The RAID controller is supported in FreeBSD through the ciss driver. The problem happens when i try to use a RAID larger in size to 2 Terabyte, then the install program freezes and the machine reboots (it cannot find the disk). If the array is smaller than 2 Terabytes then there is no problem, the controller detects the disk and i can install FreeBSD on it. I have tried with i386 and AMD64 versions (the server has a Xeon processor supported by AMD64) Any clue on how to solve it? FreeBSD can't be installed on disks larger than 2 TB? Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"