Hi Martin,
Martin Bochnig wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: >> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> >>> wrote: >>>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jan Damborsky <Jan.Damborsky at sun.com> >>>> wrote: > > > [...] > > >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2008091102/ >> http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2008/336/20080520_shidokht.yadegari >> > > > * Install to and Boot from disks > 1 TB is supported using VTOC label. > * For disks greater than 2 TB, VTOC labeling is supported by > limiting the disk to the first 2 TB. > * DCFS support is enabled for x86 to create compressed miniroot > > > > This probably answers your question (together with what I wrote about > Grub2 vs. 0.97-backport). Thank you for collecting all those data - they seem to confirm the initial assumption that on >2TB disks with SMI label and fdisk partition table, only first 2TB can be utilized. Based on this I think we might need to clarify the scenarios where bug 6843138 is hit. Thanks ! Jan
