Installing FreeBSD on large disk >2TB

[Lowell Gilbert]

Enrique Ayesta Perojo <eayesta at portugalete.uned.es> writes:

> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a HP DL320s. This server has a P400 RAID 
> controller with 12 SATA disk drives attached to it. The RAID controller is 
> supported in FreeBSD through the ciss driver.
>
> The problem happens when i try to use a RAID larger in size to 2 Terabyte, 
> then the install program freezes and the machine reboots (it cannot find the 
> disk). If the array is smaller than 2 Terabytes then there is no problem, the 
> controller detects the disk and i can install FreeBSD on it. I have tried 
> with i386 and AMD64 versions (the server has a Xeon processor supported by 
> AMD64)
>
> Any clue on how to solve it? FreeBSD can't be installed on disks larger than 2 
> TB?

Well, the installer can't handle it, at any rate.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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