Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:06:46 -0500 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Jim Pazarena <famd64@paz.bz> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2 Tb limit Message-ID: <20120114040646.GA99101@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <4F10FB1A.2060609@paz.bz> References: <4F10FB1A.2060609@paz.bz>
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:48:42PM -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > Is there any way to create file systems bigger than 2Tb? > I was hoping that a 64-bit OS may have this ability. > > I have a ProLiant rack server which I installed a 4Tb raid > -before- I discovered that I couldn't exceed 2Tb. FreeBSD can use filesystems many times larger than 2TiB, however I suspect the problem you are running into is with the default MBR partition table which is limited to 2TIB. Try using a GPT partition table instead. Regards, Gary
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