Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:19:59 -0500 From: Andrew Heybey <ath@niksun.com> To: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maxtor 40GB HD Message-ID: <85d7s6b968.fsf@stiegl.niksun.com> In-Reply-To: Andy Dills's message of "Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:45:43 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912161736360.7610-100000@shell.xecu.net>
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[Please excuse my last blunder. "C-c C-c" is right next to "C-x C-x".] Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> writes: > After fooling around with my problem (trying to create a 40GB fs), I've > found something strange. It feels like there is a hard limit somewhere > between 27 and 27.5 GB. If I make a FS 27.5 GB large, the newfs will fail. > If it's 27 GB, it works. I don't think it's a geometry problem, as it > doesn't matter if it's the last 27 GB of the disk or the first 27 GB; both > work. But, regardless of position on the disk, I can't create a FS larger > that this limit that is somewhere between 27 and 27.5 GB. I'm guessing the > limit is number of sectors/fs, but it's easier to type in bytes than > in sectors. > > This is backed up by somebody who emailed me stating that with their 27.5 > GB drive, they had to leave off the last couple of sectors to get it to > work. > > So, is this a bug, a kernel config, or anything you recognize? > And, anything I can do to fix it? First, it is not a fundamental bug. Proof by counter-example: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ccd0c 66984252 4803840 56821672 8% /netvcr and there are others with much larger file systems than this. Second, you did not provide any useful information to help anyone figure this out such as a) what version of FreeBSD you are using, b) exactly what arguments you are giving to newfs, c) what error messages newfs prints when it fails, or d) what your disk label is. andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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