[CentOS] CentOS 6.6 64-bit won't install on a 3 TB disk

[Gilbert Sebenste]

Hi Gordon,

On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Gordon Messmer wrote:

>> I'm having an issue getting a C6.6 install to work on a 3 TB dual hard
>> drive system, raid 0. I'm hoping that someone here can help.
>
> 1: Is this system booting UEFI or BIOS?

UEFI,

> 2: Is the disk partitioned with MBR or GPT?

MBR

> 3: Is /boot on its own partition?

No.

> 3TB drives are larger than MBR and BIOS properly support, so they're only 
> really expected to work on a system partitioned with GPT and booting via 
> UEFI.  And in that case, /boot and /boot/efi need to be individual 
> partitions.

Ahhhhh, OK. Well, I have some work to do this afternoon. Thanks for the 
very helpful tips!

Gilbert

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