4.2 not reporting correct disk size

[Julian Stacey]

Hi,
Reference:
> From:		"Bruce H. Ballou" <bballou at litchfieldsd.org> 
> Date:		Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:02:02 -0500 
> Message-id:	<AF3404FA2A57294FA189E9BB01541E51513CAB at mail1.litchfieldsd.org> 

"Bruce H. Ballou" wrote:
> =20
> 
> Hello,
> 
> =20
> 
> I=20am=20green=20with=20FreeBSD,=20but=20I=20have=20a=20system=20(ver=204.=
> 2)=20which=20I=20can=20not
> update=20right=20now,=20but=20I=20am=20connected=20to=20a=20StoreVault=20d=
> ata=20storage=20device
> which=20has=20a=202.2T=20disk,=20so=20it=20is=20showing=20up=20as=20to=20l=
> arge=20to=20save=20data=20to.

Wrong list to ask on really. Better try maybe questions@ or hackers@, but

if you really are so far out of date as to be way back on FreeBSD-4.2,
I'd suggest:
	download a CDROM copy of FreeBSD-6.4 or 7.0 & install
	that on a spare test partition/ disc.

	if you'r afraid too much may have changed on 5.* 6.* & 7.*
	& worried about driver compatability & ancient binaries etc,
	then at least upgrade to 4.11-RELEASE,
	which is also now Not supported, but a lot newer than 4.2.

I guess your could go digging in CVS repository to see what file
system limits were increased on what when, but I think 4.2 is too
old to interest many unpaid enthusiasts.  If this is a commercial
service machine, you could pay a freelance consultant to help you,
I have a geographically indexed world wide list here:
http://berklix.com/~jhs/consultants/

Cheers,
Julian
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