>> Not a ZFS bug.  IIRC, the story goes something like this: a SMI
>> label only works to 1 TByte, so to use > 1 TByte, you need an
>> EFI label.  For older x86 systems -- those which are 32-bit -- you
>> probably have a BIOS which does not handle EFI labels.   This
>> will become increasingly irritating since 2 TByte disks are now
>> hitting the store shelves, but it doesn't belong in a ZFS category.
>
>Hasn't the 1TB limit for SMI labels been fixed
>(= limit raised to 2TB) by "PSARC/2008/336 Extended VTOC" ?
>http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2008091102/
>
>But there still is a 1TB limit for 32-bit kernel, the PSARC case includes this:
>
>    The following functional limitations are applicable:
>    * 32-bit kernel will not support disks > 1 TB.
>    ...
>
>
>Btw. on older Solaris releases the install media always
>booted into a 32-bit kernel, even on systems that are
>capable to run the 64-bit kernel.  Seems to have
>been changed with the latest opensolaris releases and
>that PSARC case, so that 64-bit systems can install to
>a disk > 1TB.


That was changed many builds ago.

Casper

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