[Mageia-discuss] Can't I use a 3TB disk?

Fri Feb 22 22:16:38 CET 2013

Le 2013-02-20 12:47, Luiz Alberto Saba a écrit :
+> Em 20-02-2013 14:07, Papoteur escreveu:
+>> Le 20/02/2013 17:07, Luiz Alberto Saba a écrit :
+>>> Em 20-02-2013 13:03, Papoteur escreveu:
+>>>> Le 20/02/2013 16:02, Luiz Alberto Saba a écrit :
+>>>>> Having problems trying to configure partition greater than 2 TB.
+>>>>> Is there anything that can be done?
+>>>>>
+>>>>> Luiz Alberto Saba
+>>>>>
+>>>> I think you must use GPT partitionning.
+>>>> Have you tried that?
+>>>> Papoteur
+>>>>
+>>> How can I do that?
+>>>
+>> Hello,
+>> I never done that, but I found some indication in the wiki:
+>> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation_with_GPT_Partition_Table
+>> You can use gdisk to prepare partitions before installation.
+>> I hope this help.
+>> Papoteur
+>>
+> It worked!
+>
+> Thanks
+>
+>
+
+I am just curious, as I was looking at 2TB drives yesterday. Not that I 
+am planning on buying a 3TB drive, but, is there a reason why Mageia 
+can't partition a 3TB drive?
+
+Cheers,
+
+Marc
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