On 04/08/2014 03:09 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
Leland F Jackson, CPA wrote:
You will want a version of Linux that supports the GPT file system. I
think ext2 and ext3 file systems only support up to 2.2TB. GTP file
system support comes standard on Fedora 19, as well as most other
recently released OS(s).
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-gpt/
Regards,
LelandJ
Ah yes! The old master boot record limitation! If I'm not mistaken,
using a mainboard with EFI instead of the legacy BIOS approach is
going to incorporate the new GPT (GUID Partition Table). No? I've been
using mainboards with EFI (instead of legacy BIOS) for all my server
builds for a year or so.
It's amazing how, if you've been in this biz long enough, what's old
comes around again! I remember editing BIOS settings in the 80's to
allow for a hard disk that exceeded 32MB (or something of that
size-range). And I don't even want to remember trying to fit drivers
into the Upper memory range of computers where DOS could access them
to manage more memory. Oye.
Mike
I recently replaced my wife's computer with a " ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD
970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS":
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=m5a97+r2.0&N=-1&isNodeId=1
I used GUID Partition Table, (eg GPT) to setup all disk drives. The
UEFI BIOS allows for booting any partition right from the BIOS, which is
a nice feature. I also use GPT on my traditional desktop computer and
that also works just fine, but without the flexibility of booting any
partition from the BIOS. GUID Partition Table disks contain a protective
MBR that is used for legacy programs that do not understand the GUID
Partition Table disk structure.
Intel developed GPT back in the 1990s, and today about all the major
computer technology players have signed on and support it. It's been
successful enough, that I'm sure Microsoft will soon take credit for it
all. LOL
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302873
Regards,
LelandJ
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