Re: Using a 4TB (Now 3TB) SATA disk with i386?
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 3:17 AM, Stephen Borrillwrote: > Have I missed some context here? It is not complex to boot a BIOS-based > machine from a GPT disk. That's what gpt biosboot is for. I've been using > even on NetBSD 5 on a 4TB hardware RAID array (backported the changes from > newer NetBSD to -5). Yeah, you probably did. I don't think anyone thinks the functionality doesn't exist. My concern was that it was hard for me, as a new person to "large" disks on NetBSD, to understand where to start. There is conflicting information, or a complete lack of it depending on where you look. Michael's reply was exactly what I needed, and as far as I can tell, that particular information doesn't exist anywhere else in "guide" form (but please correct me if I'm wrong). Again, this is in the context of a new person asking "where do I start". When I searched on NetBSD and large disks, I came up with a page talking about 137GB as a "large" disk: https://www.netbsd.org/about/features.html I can't find anywhere in the guide docs that discuss GPT or UEFI. It's all over the place if I search but it's generally a little old. The GPT stuff I found didn't point out that you don't have to manually create a wedge anymore for instance. Andy
Re: Using a 4TB (Now 3TB) SATA disk with i386?
On Sat, 18 Nov 2017, Michael van Elst wrote: On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 02:42:30PM +0100, Havard Eidnes wrote: Now, installing a bootable netbsd onto such a disk is something else, but as a data disk it's even easier than before. I admit to not knowing how / whether that can be done, and from which version etc. Your existing wiki page about "using-large-disks" is useful; could you perhaps be inspired to write a follow-on about the above theme? For BIOS based machines this is complex Have I missed some context here? It is not complex to boot a BIOS-based machine from a GPT disk. That's what gpt biosboot is for. I've been using even on NetBSD 5 on a 4TB hardware RAID array (backported the changes from newer NetBSD to -5). -- Stephen
Re: NetBSD's Blog Unreachable
Hello Yass, Yass Amed writes: > [...] > It seems that NetBSD's Blog (under "Community" menu item) is unreachable. > The link points to a 'dead' server at https://netbsd.fi/ instead of the > previous (still working) server https://blog.netbsd.org/. > [...] Nice catch! I have just changed the `Community -> Blogs' entry in navbar to just `Community -> Blog' and changed the anchor to blog.NetBSD.org instead of netbsd.fi as you've proposed. I think that actually netbsd.fi isn't "dead" but just had some problems in the latest weeks, probably Kim will shed some light! (it's a nice resource for NetBSD related news and it's still linked in `NetBSD Gallery' page, at least, under `News about NetBSD and the *BSDs in general' section). Thank you very much for reporting that!
NetBSD's Blog Unreachable
Greetings, It seems that NetBSD's Blog (under "Community" menu item) is unreachable. The link points to a 'dead' server at https://netbsd.fi/ instead of the previous (still working) server https://blog.netbsd.org/. Thanks, Yass