From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Zr-0000j1-It for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:48 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Zo-0000gB-Nk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Zi-0000dj-H2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37923 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Md2Zi-0000dZ-5M for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:38 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:48624 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Zh-0002tr-Iy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:48:37 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Zf-0005dH-OS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:48:36 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md2Zf-0000MW-0h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:48:35 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:48:34 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090817134834.GL32551@thorin> References: <806dafc20908161802y58934067jf2ebdffa753af403@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Large disk support for XFS X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:48:45 -0000 On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:09:03PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Monty Montgomery wrote: > > After applying the patch, "grub-probe -v -t fs /" and "grub-install > > /dev/sda" both succeed without incident on the 6TB XFS volume. > > However, upon reboot: > > > > GRUB loading. > > Welcome to GRUB! > > > > Entering rescue mode.... > > error: out of disk > > grub rescue> > > > Looks like biosdisk is unable to access post-2TiB. Can you try with > ata.mod? (by adding --disk-module=ata to grub-install line) biosdisk supports post-2TiB (I tested it). But maybe his BIOS doesn't, of course... -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."