[OpenIndiana-discuss] Are there any issues re ZFS on 2TB disks (from WD??) with large blocksizes?

[andy thomas]

Forget last message - I've now discovered if you actually install io 148, 
the 64-bit kernel is installed and the 2 TB disks are visible. So I guess 
it always boots the 32-bit kernel.

Andy

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, andy thomas wrote:

> Following on from this discussion, how do I force the OI 148 live DVD or text 
> installers to boot a 64-bit kernel? It's supposed to auto-detect the system's 
> CPU but on my HP Microserver, it boots the 32-bit kernel, corrrectly 
> identifes the 160 GB disk and then complains that the three 2 TB disks also 
> installed are not supported by this kernel.
>
> I really need this to run in 64-bit mode as I want to put the three 2 TB 
> disks into ZFS. The system boots 64-bit Linux and FreeBSD without any 
> problem.
>
> Andy
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