Hi Marion!
> However, if I use USB, some problems show up. This particular unit > claims to support up to 4TB drives, and things like "fdisk", > "rmformat -l", and "format -e" show a label describing all 3TB. > However, there are a lot of these warnings in /var/adm/messages: [...] > So, I'm curious if others have seen this with >2TB drives connected > by USB to illumos-based systems. Yes, I have seen that many times. Every time, it turned out to be a limitation of the SATA->USB converter chip. Check the fine print of the manual of your device, and see it if really supports 4TB *via USB*. The ones I have do that only via eSATA. > It's possible that I've just got a bad > USB-to-SATA device here This is most likely. Do you have a Windows or Mac OS X based system you can do a cross-check on? best regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
