Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:53:00 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32bit filesystem limitations Message-ID: <gqt77t$su1$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <49D0AFFC.2090306@bsd.ee> References: <49CA3795.609@bsd.ee> <gqddl4$bd2$1@ger.gmane.org> <49CA4498.2020007@bsd.ee> <gqdhdp$qeb$1@ger.gmane.org> <49CA837D.3040202@barryp.org> <9bbcef730903251301u5ca861f5vcbe7622630cb180e@mail.gmail.com> <49D0AFFC.2090306@bsd.ee>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Andrei Kolu wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> 2009/3/25 Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org>: >> >> >>> Is there any reason not to skip labeling/partitioning and use da1 >>> directly? >>> Just newfs it and mount it. I've done this with a couple large Areca >>> arrays with no ill effect so far. >>> >> >> Nope, no practical reason. Skip the partitioning if you don't need it. >> >> > Finally: # newfs /dev/da1 (note: no soft-updates here) > a# df -H > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > ..... > /dev/da1 3.4T 4.1k 3.1T 0% /data > ..... > > Mission accomplished. But why sysinstall plays such an ugly game? This > problem should be announced as a bug. Because sysinstall only knows about fdisk and bsdlabel partition types, and those have a fixed format defined in the old days. You get the same problem with basically all operating systems today except latest versions of Windows Server which uses GPT by default. (but simply always using GPT by default isn't a good option because it will interfere with people wanting to multi-boot other operating systems). [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ0iA8ldnAQVacBcgRAqR1AJ4rhtoPuYweDntOD0Urmy2ETFz//QCfbvyJ j44zoehAjQCppI7O5D8tQqY= =RRcR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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