Re: disklabel problems on 3TB disc

[buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost (Brian Buhrow)]

        hello. You can put a wedge on the disk or put the raid on the raw disk
itself.
-Brian

On Jul 21,  7:12pm, Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= wrote:
} Subject: disklabel problems on 3TB disc
} I don't know whether this is a disklabel(8) or disklabel(5) or disklabel(9) 
problem.
} 
} I have a 3TB disk identified by the kernel as:
} 2794 GB, 259471 cyl, 10 head, 2258 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 5860533168 sectors
} 
} However, disklabel(8) says:
} bytes/sector: 512
} sectors/track: 2258
} tracks/cylinder: 10
} sectors/cylinder: 22580
} cylinders: 259471
} total sectors: 1563887884
} 
} Trying to enter the correct number of sectors (2258*259471=5858855180)
} doesn't change the value.
} 
} Trying to create a big partition fails with "value out of range"
} 
} Interesting enough:
} $ bc
} obase=16
} 5858855180-1563887884
} 100000000
} 
} I can't be the first one trying to create large partitions on a recent disc, 
can I?
} What do I do? I need one large partition to create a RAID accross five such 
discs.
} 
} 
} This is on a rather recent 6.0_BETA2/amd64 in case it matters.
>-- End of excerpt from Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?=