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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:41:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Putting a valid partition table on a BIG disk?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.92.960417123709.12421U-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>

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I have a RAID array that was griping about the slice size not matching the
partition size.  So I reformatted the whole thing, zero'd out the
disklabels, and am trying to fdisk it somehow.

Nothing seems to work.  THe partition is 16GB.

DOS fdisk barfs at 8GB.  fdisk in /stand gets the correct geometry, but
then won't accept a number larger than 944 for the ending cylinder, but it
will let the size by the full 16GB's.  /stand/sysinstall causes a panic
instantly, although I'm in the middle of a make world which may correct
that.

Well anyway, I got a disklabel on there with disklabel, but everytime the
raw device is opened, I get the error about an invalid partition table.

Any tips appreciated.




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