Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:22:26 +0300 From: "Vlad GURDIGA" <gurdiga@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB Message-ID: <da7069940706122322l1bdd65eaqc423a772da75c415@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200706121349.l5CDnLDN096045@chez.mckusick.com> References: <200706121349.l5CDnLDN096045@chez.mckusick.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
Date: 12-Jun-2007 16:49
Subject: Re: Fwd: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB
To: Vlad GURDIGA <gurdiga@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>,
Enrique Ayesta Perojo <eayesta@portugalete.uned.es>
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
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:16:45 +0300
From: "Vlad GURDIGA" <gurdiga@gmail.com>
To: mckusick@mckusick.com
Subject: Fwd: Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB
X-ASK-Info: Message Queued (2007/06/11 07:17:40)
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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.
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From: Enrique Ayesta Perojo <eayesta@portugalete.uned.es>
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
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