Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:17:41 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB? 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>
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:12:58 -0600 Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> 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
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