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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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