From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 6 23: 6:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3383D37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:06:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C24243E4A for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:06:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 189gkL-000Opt-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 07:06:33 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 539E6A64 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:06:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id CEFD5A55 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:06:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id D66FB22596; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:06:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:06:23 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD filesystem 1TB Limit Message-ID: <20021107070623.GD455@raggedclown.net> References: <87smye3wrx.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net> <000d01c28629$b07935f0$0200a8c0@bartxp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000d01c28629$b07935f0$0200a8c0@bartxp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:48:32PM -0800, Derrick Ryalls wrote: > > > > At 2002-11-07T02:31:38Z, Marco Radzinschi > > writes: > > > > > Pity I didn't know about this before I built two 1200 MB arrays. > > > Linux and FreeBSD both died past 1 TB, so I had to make the array > > > smaller. > > > > 1200*1MB == 1.2GB, does it not? > > Yes, it does not. > > Usually, when talking computers, people use 2^10 which = 1024. So 1200 > MB = 1.17 GB. Anyone correct me if I am wrong. > No you are wrong and right..vis-a-vis hard disks. Some manafacturers do use powers of 2, and some do not. And which one they use may be quite hard to find out until you install it, or maybe use a magnifying glass on the small print. I am running FreeBSD on a disk that is living proof of this ! -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message