From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 01:18:03 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 0A8BB1065697 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E49F8FC0C for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE489E716A; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:18:01 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=jJn4URJDNXVc 5rO/62I3slEf8yc=; b=TDEgz2n+j8uozdz7HgdI1W4evSs12amVQlEXMvABTRys srnoARzfDm7rpnfC2RHT/Ex1d/l0Dwh2gRaCQbIxEni3aBGuEjmPQVUhIGdZyDVw ZZra8Fv72gDyRCd7wS0sWNxcfJVrG/0n8tzFMyX+M0Iu1pRJvqNo3++071IFiTU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=LHKPJc cQzZGDkh48cLuMz2Je1+DbuyCAxRBWwVGMEfK4qvma6hRq+3rspZAi1jiagosXr8 fH6DsQfMtO91zeGfno/UkgEgMnXo6JFpETbb1CQTLBdPKgE6KLF4jBJscrz4OXxn UJqWHZP/SZyQxEfik/HFU559PD3qqSHS7pAL0= Received: from core.draftnet (client-86-31-8-12.midd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.31.8.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 45C25E7161; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:18:01 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:17:41 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Josh Paetzel Message-ID: <20101204011741.79353836@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <201012031813.11266.josh@tcbug.org> References: <4cf8dbdd.7sbsexcxBlJtEO11%mueller6724@bellsouth.net> <201012031813.11266.josh@tcbug.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.7 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-questions@freebsd.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 01:18:03 -0000 On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:12:58 -0600 Josh Paetzel wrote: > Sure. FreeBSD supports installing to and booting from GPT labeled > disks that don't suffer from the 2TB size limitation that fdisk > imposes. 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. -- Bruce Cran