[OpenIndiana-discuss] installing on 2tb disk

[Toomas Soome]

> On 21. Nov 2023, at 21:49, Toomas Soome <tsoome at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 21. Nov 2023, at 20:24, Goetz T. Fischer <g.fischer at r-a-c.de> wrote:
>> 
>> hello again,
>> 
>> i just tried to install indiana onto a 2tb disk and the installer crashed. it claimed the disk had 64tb 
>> and complained about the size. trying to use format from the shell resulted in a crash as well.
>> then i tried omnios and with that the installation worked. however, after logging into the installed os, 
>> zfs list reported a 61tb rpool and pkg crashed. so although the installer went through, it's apparently 
>> not usable.
>> 
>> so what's the trick for using bigger disks as rpool?
>> 
>> thanks in advance as always!
>> 
> This sounds like firmware issue (either system or HBA or disk). My system is (old supermicro X10SAE):
> 
> tsoome at beastie:/code/16034$ zpool status
>   pool: rpool
>  state: ONLINE
>   scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0 days 10:16:24 with 0 errors on Fri May 19 19:42:12 2023
> config:
> 
>         NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
>         rpool       ONLINE       0     0     0
>           raidz1-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>             c3t0d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>             c3t1d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>             c3t3d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>             c3t4d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
> 
> errors: No known data errors
> tsoome at beastie:/code/16034$ sudo format
> Password: 
> Searching for disks...done
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>        0. c3t0d0 <WDC-WD4004FZWX-00GBGB0-81.H0A81-3.64TB>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15d9,805 at 1f,2/disk at 0,0
>        1. c3t1d0 <WDC-WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0-01.01A01-3.64TB>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15d9,805 at 1f,2/disk at 1,0
>        2. c3t3d0 <HGST-HUS726T4TALA6L4-VLGNW984-3.64TB>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15d9,805 at 1f,2/disk at 3,0
>        3. c3t4d0 <WDC-WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0-01.01A01-3.64TB>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15d9,805 at 1f,2/disk at 4,0
> Specify disk (enter its number): ^D
> tsoome at beastie:/code/16034$
> 
> rgds,
> toomas

I forgot to note - you may want to try UEFI boot (remember to switch off secure boot).

rgds,
toomas