From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 22:05:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC03106566B for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:05:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F97C8FC15 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:05:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so10861992wyf.13 for ; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:05:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CpsoIiUidTJtsB514oJDisxqlpho0s/+9vAQaNKZrCM=; b=m4bKnXj3tZmiYwm+A431BuH4tgFp8fUZ6VuzkpvfPP9Bdgt4e60YFKjSwxBPr5tbMb mNUTsuqz8bKvg1pukFnLbViFUlmlmNA5tptsCIcdsu5HvPALkKCNWCeWqjTBi3RwWoNz VE8OyC/WwgnblRg9zYBZWjU0yAhd9YesKFOlg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=VmWiP6roBXMgQ9Xb/UXBGdKuQ1+d9T9jiwTnzOt334XDEQyVzaId4d5AHai8ISroYQ BDK4/P8KuCWELaWY8sdgnXYdP8ohyXccOJ222zFzs8r8OJZnsbLQgv+ZqwPcKT+fjfQq H/VDCBPBPTsfkPwaQusRV/8Zyluswe7NNQqqU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.51.135 with SMTP id b7mr898898wec.29.1291500350741; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:05:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.72.198 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:05:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4cf9f156.iRyLYEzYqdNg1mf7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4cf8dbdd.7sbsexcxBlJtEO11%mueller6724@bellsouth.net> <201012031813.11266.josh@tcbug.org> <20101204011741.79353836@core.draftnet> <4cf9f156.iRyLYEzYqdNg1mf7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:05:50 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: bruce@cran.org.uk, mueller6724@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, josh@tcbug.org Subject: Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:05:52 -0000 On 4 December 2010 07:44, wrote: > Bruce Cran wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:12:58 -0600 > > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > ... The caveat is that very few systems have a BIOS that can > > > boot from a GPT labeled drive. So regardless of your OS, you > > > may still have issues. > > That's why we have the Protective MBR that allows a 'legacy' BIOS > > to boot from GPT. I'm not sure if you can boot past the 2TB point > > with it though. > > although why anyone would need a root partition > 2TB escapes me :) > > If they did, they could always make a small /boot partition near the > beginning of the disk; BIOS will surely not need to read anything > that's not on /boot. > > Another possible downside: if you want to multi-boot, the other OS > may also need to understand both GPT and PMBR. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > maybe is you were using zfs