[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installation on HD => 2TB

[Mirko Fluher]

On 01/31/13 11:02 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
> On 2013-01-31 12:47, Mirko Fluher wrote:
>> I recently tried .. to install OI 151a7 live on the following computer;
>> cpu i7
>> mboard: gigabyte B75M-D3H
>> HD: Segate SATA3 2TB
>> with plenty of ram ...
>>
>> it simply wouldn't install ... it cannot see the partition .. yet on
>> that HD I run linux Ubuntu & Centos and have plenty of spare room.
>  >
>  > I then decided to use an old 250G SATA2 HD ... and no problems - same
>  > settings in the Motherboard.
>
> I'd take it, you also used the same SATA port for both drives, so that
> missing driver can be ruled out?

same config. same hardware ... just different HD ... old 250g used to 
have a linux system on it.


> My main guess would be that your other OSes mapped the disk as GPT and
> OI (older GRUB in particular, as well as installer and rpool support)
> are not yet compatible with it for a boot device (it's ok for storage
> pools). GPT involves a "legacy MBR partition" that addresses your whole
> disk and blocks non-GPT systems from using it and messing up.
>
> There are hacks to add either GPT support to legacy GRUB, or add an
> alternate MBR partition table to address the same sector ranges as
> GPT and thus fool an older OS into working with the disk, but these
> are tricks at the experimenter's risk. Alternately, you can wait for
> GRUB2 integration and related fixes to installer and rpool routines -
> or better yet, help it happen! ;)

I wish ... :)


>> I told the installation program to use the entire HD. (snip)
>> attached is a a dump of the output of 'gparted' as it is provided by the
>> system. It complains about mount point ... but I assume there is a
>> problem with gparted...
>
> I believe this problem is indeed in gparted. Seems like it was taken
> from a Linux/other OS source and used as is - with little integration
> to Solaris/ZFS realities. I'd guess it looks for the device node name
> in /etc/vfstab (if it's even smart enough to not use /etc/fstab as it
> would in many other OSes), and unable to find that match - complains.
>
> I'd say it is a cosmetical annoyance however ;)
>
> //Jim

Thank you for the reply Jim.
I'll just have to wait a little bit longer...

Cheers,