--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Vassilis Boulogiorgos <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Vassilis Boulogiorgos <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] External disk >1TB
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 5:24 PM
> Thanks all for your responses.
> 
> I understand the shortcoming about the 32-bit data type and
> I can understand that this is not possible to overcome.
> 
> I thought that a workaround would be to somehow
> "disguise" the disk to report a 1TB size or
> "trick" Opensolaris to "think" that a
> 1TB disk in connected and at least be able to use the 1TB.
> 
> 
> Is there a way to achieve this?
> 
> Thanks a lot for your support,
> Vassilis

Yes, but it requires a bit of work as the underlying tools have to conform as 
well. Some of us are using 2TB external drives where this is a critical issue 
to consider for an enhancement effort.

~Ken Mays


      
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