drive size on drive not recognized properly

[samfarkus]

Volume Path Used Available Size Status Available actions
backup1 /mnt/backup1 1.5 TB (58%) 1.2 TB 2.9 TB ONLINE
backup2 /mnt/backup2 307.2 KB (51%) 340.0 KB 702.5 KB ONLINE

i tried to create a volume on ada2 as backup2, and it makes this retarded 700 KB volume, evn though it's a 3 TB Disk.. the other drive was recognized fine, exact same model, etc.

any idea whats causing this

 

[samfarkus]

lol now my BIOS sees both 3TB drives as 650GB, after trying to delete/recreate the volume on backup2, and better yet freenas wont even boot off my 1TB drive anymore.
looks like the 2nd time i just lost all my data in a week.. thank god this is only a 'backup' (if you can call it that).

I am also using GELI to try to encrypt backup1, but i read now that GELI is not stable on 3TB drives, so more fun. yay.

 

[samfarkus]

BIOS issues

the bios was misreading the GPT table, so freenas OS was not at fault.

However, I still can't get GELI to work at all, it runs fine, until a reboot, then /dev/ufs/backup1 and backup1.eli disappear, so i lose all the data.

Here are the commands I run (I commented them for my own use)

mount -uw

#how to make geli encrypted drive

geli init /dev/ufs/backup1
geli attach /dev/ufs/backup1

#create file system:
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ufs/backup1.eli bs=1m (i think this fills with random like zeroing out drive, takes too long interupt it after a bit)
newfs /dev/ufs/backup1.eli

# how to mount it:
geli attach /dev/ufs/backup1 #(if not already attached)
mount /dev/ufs/backup1.eli /mnt/backup1

mount -ur

# how to detach it

umount /mnt/backup1
geli detach /dev/ufs/backup1.eli