> On 21. Nov 2023, at 20:24, Goetz T. Fischer <g.fisc...@r-a-c.de> wrote:
>
> hello again,
>
> i just tried to install indiana onto a 2tb disk and the installer crashed. it
> claimed the disk had 64tb
> and complained about the size. trying to use format from the shell resulted
> in a crash as well.
> then i tried omnios and with that the installation worked. however, after
> logging into the installed os,
> zfs list reported a 61tb rpool and pkg crashed. so although the installer
> went through, it's apparently
> not usable.
>
> so what's the trick for using bigger disks as rpool?
>
> thanks in advance as always!
>
This sounds like firmware issue (either system or HBA or disk). My system is
(old supermicro X10SAE):
tsoome@beastie:/code/16034$ zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0 days 10:16:24 with 0 errors on Fri May 19
19:42:12 2023
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
raidz1-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t0d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t3d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t4d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
tsoome@beastie:/code/16034$ sudo format
Password:
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c3t0d0 <WDC-WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0-81.H0A81-3.64TB>
/pci@0,0/pci15d9,805@1f,2/disk@0,0
1. c3t1d0 <WDC-WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0-01.01A01-3.64TB>
/pci@0,0/pci15d9,805@1f,2/disk@1,0
2. c3t3d0 <HGST-HUS726T4TALA6L4-VLGNW984-3.64TB>
/pci@0,0/pci15d9,805@1f,2/disk@3,0
3. c3t4d0 <WDC-WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0-01.01A01-3.64TB>
/pci@0,0/pci15d9,805@1f,2/disk@4,0
Specify disk (enter its number): ^D
tsoome@beastie:/code/16034$
rgds,
toomas
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