Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:02:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Dama <jd@ugcs.caltech.edu> To: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@bfoz.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Create 2.5TB file system on 5.4S? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0508141759210.15102@vomit.ugcs.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <42FFB1EB.5040802@bfoz.net> References: <42FFB1EB.5040802@bfoz.net>
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Where exactly did you run into trouble? I'm guessing you made the array, you have a device for it in /dev but ran into problems (expected) using fdisk or bsdlabel. -Jon On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > Now that my shiny new 9500S is installed and not fighting for IRQs, I've created and initialized a ~2.5TB array using the bios utility. So the next step is mounting the new array. > > I naively tried following the regular handbook instructions for adding a new drive and failed miserably. And after googling a bit I now know why, and realized that I knew why before, but I was being stupid. > > I've seen a few mentions of using gpt(8) and some vague references to using dedicated mode. But I haven't seen anything that says "this is the Right Way to do it". So...what's the proper way to make a large file system? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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