From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 09:56:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAEB316A403 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35AEF43D55 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:56:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65362EB0EF2; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:56:30 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([210.51.165.229]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eZpWq8Bxcuj2; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:56:22 +0800 (CST) Received: from [10.217.12.47] (sina152-194.staff.sina.com.cn [61.135.152.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6019EB1627; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:56:21 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc: subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=CXQvcOZyEodV34PWW84zA3S2ZCGdDsKBzcFCjR+KlC/oTI6kG+JSLG0MVzPinnmFg fj3vj01PVSXLT/ssOqeuQ== Message-ID: <453F349D.1000407@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:55:41 +0800 From: LI Xin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lawrence Farr References: <02f001c6f81a$05c96280$c806a8c0@lfarr> In-Reply-To: <02f001c6f81a$05c96280$c806a8c0@lfarr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE49087A41295C41551711CBB" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install onto 6Tb array X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:56:32 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE49087A41295C41551711CBB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lawrence Farr wrote: > I'd like to install stable directly onto a 6Tb Areca array, and > have run out of clues how to do it. In the past I've always > used a separate boot volume that was small enough for sysinstall > to work with, but I have no space to fit more drives in this > chassis. I've tried putting a small partition on the start, > which boots fine, but screws up the disk sizing as the geometry > is wrong I guess? tried diskprep, but that gets the gemometry > wrong as well. Is the only option to use gpt and restore to > it from another boot device and hope that the bios can boot it?=20 I am afraid so... 6TB is way too large for MBR to manage (which can support 4TB at maximum). Cheers, --=20 Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enigE49087A41295C41551711CBB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFPzSdOfuToMruuMARAz3VAJ45jSQASW9q5PzkHLo2aK+k/eq1egCfQI+m viHcrVMJJ8Lxtpt7B02wkyo= =OHx3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE49087A41295C41551711CBB--