From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 11:46:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9D6106564A for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8058FC19 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4FBkYHN006698 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 15 May 2008 12:46:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.5.5 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m4FBkYHN006698 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1210852002; bh=J/5zREg3zOqFRz SLWf6spKFDvSILuI9BkNYEsseNw3A=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<482C2299.2 050506@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Thu,=2015=20May=202008=2012: 46:33=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird= 202.0.0.14=20(X11/20080506)|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20oliverj@spide r-networks.net|CC:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=2 0raid6=20on=20freebsd7=20only=20showing=2061GB=20instead=20of=204TB |References:=20|In- Reply-To:=20|X-Enig mail-Version:=200.95.0|Content-Type:=20text/plain=3B=20charset=3DUT F-8|Content-Transfer-Encoding:=207bit; b=V9o4uCf0jZ6BmOCYhCU1BuFmSP TE6EvF7amLCtQCObtA2Z7uN3Y9U50UNAgdxRgWFQJuomp6JaZNgW8WNudnJ0eWhfsjg ssT3HI8PLdHh4czhUDK4xx1mQbUWhYf2s0gdmA448+pWODIa/V2al2U1ltJD7ql9wLG wf5aHcSJ8+k= Message-ID: <482C2299.2050506@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:46:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080506) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: oliverj@spider-networks.net References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Thu, 15 May 2008 12:46:42 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93, clamav-milter version 0.93 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: raid6 on freebsd7 only showing 61GB instead of 4TB X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Oliver Howe wrote: > > I bought a new storage server and installed freebsd7 onto it. it came > with two raid partitions, one of 32GB which i used for the o/s and > one of 4.7TB which i am planning to use as a nfs partition. > everything went fine during the install, fdisk said that there was > 4.7TB on the second partition which i labelled "/export". but when > the machine booted up and i did df -h it said that that partition > only has 61GB and not 4.7TB fdisk partitioning only supports up to 2TB I believe. For larger filesystems you'll need to use gpt(8) instead -- this isn't possible to set up via sysinstall and it is still very much a work in progress. Your other alternatives are to divide your 4TB area into sub-2TB partitions, or to use zfs(1M). There are pros and cons to all of these solutions which have been discussed at length on various @freebsd.org mailing lists. Cheers Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREDAAYFAkgsIpkACgkQ3jDkPpsZ+Vb7KQCdGO8U+xcFsw8amiFkspPOUpCw gfIAnidlR/NtdBbOreBVB7jgv+MHP6pm =CPFB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----