> 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. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
