FreeBSD and large harddrives

[David Brodbeck]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:58 AM, krad <kraduk at gmail.com> wrote:
> A few people have mentioned labelling the drives. Its a good thing to do,
> but take it a step further. Before you put the drives in the system,
> physically label them with something identifiable (colored sticker, number
> whatever). Then when you create the logical labels with geom, match them up.
> Makes you life a lot easier when the 'RED' drive fails

Also, think about how you label them.  If you mark up the drive, the
manufacturer may refuse to honor the warranty.
(http://consumerist.com/2010/09/write-on-your-hard-drive-kill-the-warranty.html)
Best to use something removable.