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>From previous conversations I have had on this list, 2.2.8 supports
disks bigger than 8.4.  Anything before that needs to upgrade to
2.2.8 to get that support. :)

Mike

Rich Wilson wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to use all of a 13 gig Western Digital HD (ACA313000), and I'm
> running into the magic 8.4 gig limit.  I searched the mail archives, and
> found an "I'm not sure if 2.2.7 has fixed that".  I created a partition
> table with more sectors (25165824 instead of the 16514064 that fdisk
> reported) but disklabel wouldn't let me specify more than 16514064 sectors.
> 
> I am using 2.2.7-RELEASE.  Any pointers would be appreciated.
> 
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