Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:41:09 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thomas_Schlo=DFbauer_=28schlossbauer_-_edv_f=FCr_untern?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ehmen=29?= <info@schlossbauer.de> To: <freebsd-config@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 4.9 with ICP Vortex Raid Controller GDT8586RZ and disk array with 980 GB Message-ID: <005801c3dce6$6c5a6c80$5500a8c0@pc850>
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> Hello, > > I have a problem with doing newfs on FreeBSD 4.9 with "iir" raid driver. My > server works fine until I want to use the whole disk space of my raid 5 > system with round about 980GB. A reduced disk space at round about 480GB > works fine but I'am not able to bring FreeBSD setup to work with disk space > bigger than that. During the installation the newfs command don't come to an > end. > > So does anyone know a limitation of the newfs command. Do I have to use an > other command than newfs during setup and how is the way to call it. I get a > strange message at the beginning of the fdisk programm that I have to > correct the physical architecture of the disk (cyl/sec(heads). Do I have to > correct it really manually and how do I find the correct one's ? > > Thanks for help. > > Thomas Schloßbauer, Germany >
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