Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:41:48 +0300 From: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 32bit filesystem limitations Message-ID: <49D0AFFC.2090306@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730903251301u5ca861f5vcbe7622630cb180e@mail.gmail.com> References: <49CA3795.609@bsd.ee> <gqddl4$bd2$1@ger.gmane.org> <49CA4498.2020007@bsd.ee> <gqdhdp$qeb$1@ger.gmane.org> <49CA837D.3040202@barryp.org> <9bbcef730903251301u5ca861f5vcbe7622630cb180e@mail.gmail.com>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > 2009/3/25 Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org>: > > >> Is there any reason not to skip labeling/partitioning and use da1 directly? >> Just newfs it and mount it. I've done this with a couple large Areca >> arrays with no ill effect so far. >> > > Nope, no practical reason. Skip the partitioning if you don't need it. > > Finally: # newfs /dev/da1 a# df -H Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on ..... /dev/da1 3.4T 4.1k 3.1T 0% /data ..... Mission accomplished. But why sysinstall plays such an ugly game? This problem should be announced as a bug.
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