Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:43:17 -0400 From: Nick Evans <nevans@talkpoint.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2.7 Terabyte array and bsdlabel on 5.3-BETA2 wierdness Message-ID: <20040901174317.79b8fe20@paladin.talkpoint.com>
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dmesg: 3ware device driver for 9000 series storage controllers, version: 2.50.00.000 twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0xc800-0xc8ff mem 0xfb800000-0xfbffffff,0xfe9ffc00-0xf e9ffcff irq 48 at device 1.0 on pci4 twa0: [GIANT-LOCKED] twa0: 12 ports, Firmware FE9X 2.02.00.008, BIOS BE9X 2.02.01.037 ... ... ... da0 at twa0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <3ware Logical Disk 00 1.00> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 100.000MB/s transfers da0: 2860896MB (5859115008 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 364713C) # /dev/da0: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 5859115008 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit Using the label above on da0 gives the following error: partition c: partition extends past end of unit disklabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! disklabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system utilities Using fdisk in sysinstall or a bsdlabel with * in the size fields writes the following to disk: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 1157627904 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit e: 1155530752 0 4.2BSD 4096 32768 0 I've got a 3ware 8500-8 on a 5.1-RELEASE system with a 1.7T array that the handbook procedure for adding a dedicated disk worked fine with. In that case the number of sectors was 3418765056 on partition c. No problems with that system for almost a year, same procedure here doesn't work. Any ideas? Nick
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