Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:08:08 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32bit filesystem limitations Message-ID: <gqdhdp$qeb$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <49CA4498.2020007@bsd.ee> References: <49CA3795.609@bsd.ee> <gqddl4$bd2$1@ger.gmane.org> <49CA4498.2020007@bsd.ee>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0632D13C442FD2ACA6D5856F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrei Kolu wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> Andrei Kolu wrote: >> =20 >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have trouble to create FreeBSD 7.1 i386 partition/slice to 3Ware 8p= ort >>> raid kontroller with 8x500GB drives attached to it. Raid 5 massive is= >>> 3,1TB in size and during sysinstall installation I select whole >>> available space but after restart I can access only 1,2TB from it. Wh= at >>> is the problem? >>> =20 >> >> MS-DOS fdisk partitions and bsdlabel partitions both have 32-bit >> limitations on the file system size. You should use gpart to partition= >> the large volume. That is, except if you want to boot from it also - >> then it's a bit problematic; it's best to create two logical drives in= >> your RAID controller - one small drive for the OS (something like 8 GB= >> to keep the ports and all) and the rest for the data. >> >> =20 > I created 20GB slice for system and selected everything else for /data > but after restart I see again 1,2TB /data. After second sysinstall > attempt I created another 2TB slice and now at least I can use whole > space. Not so good but it works. >=20 > Second attempt: > Now I reserved 20GB for "boot volume" from 3Ware 9650SE controller and > looks like it ...oops...did it again....deem. >=20 > # df -H > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/da0s1a 2.1G 146M 1.8G 8% / > devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev > /dev/da1s1d 1.2T 4.1k 1.1T 0% /data > /dev/da0s1d 3.1G 12k 2.9G 0% /tmp > /dev/da0s1f 8.3G 450M 7.2G 6% /usr > /dev/da0s1e 4.2G 281k 3.8G 0% /var Ok, you're on the right track. Just don't use bsdlabel or fdisk partitions for da1 - clear the partition tables and use gpart to create a GPT partition tables which has no 32-bit problems. --------------enig0632D13C442FD2ACA6D5856F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJykjYldnAQVacBcgRAt3EAJ9ykduKEkHD/8ED1VKld/KsOLJWEACdG4dV H++fuYLFBeD3Kq0DGxpXZEQ= =AgzX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0632D13C442FD2ACA6D5856F--
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