From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 18:24:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4DE11065674 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542C88FC16 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyb7 with SMTP id 7so2897228eyb.13 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.11.147 with SMTP id 19mr1718816eex.14.1290191092896; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.53.67 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:52 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [69.91.158.46] In-Reply-To: References: <4CE52F49.4010602@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:52 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:24:54 -0000 On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:58 AM, krad wrote: > A few people have mentioned labelling the drives. Its a good thing to do, > but take it a step further. Before you put the drives in the system, > physically label them with something identifiable (colored sticker, number > whatever). Then when you create the logical labels with geom, match them up. > Makes you life a lot easier when the 'RED' drive fails Also, think about how you label them. If you mark up the drive, the manufacturer may refuse to honor the warranty. (http://consumerist.com/2010/09/write-on-your-hard-drive-kill-the-warranty.html) Best to use something removable.