Re: port-amd64/49911: Cannot install NetBSD on a HDD >2TB

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/49911; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/49911: Cannot install NetBSD on a HDD >2TB
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 09:17:54 +0200

 On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 06:25:00AM +0000, petr%topiarz.cz@localhost wrote:
 > Cannot install NetBSD on a machine with a 3TB or 4TB HDD with
 > softraid and make it start. Even if I try to make partitions manually
 > and work around the limit of the installer, then manually unpack distro
 > and install bootloader the machine will not boot.
 
 It is certainly possible to setup such a machine, though currently not as
 easy as it should via sysinst. Please give more details where/how it fails
 with manual setup for you.
 
 For a start, you are using GPT to partition the disk and use "gpt biosboot"
 to install the primary bootstrap?
 
 Martin
 P.S.: full support in sysinst is upcoming, but will not make it into 7.0.