On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:05 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > There's a problem here: MSDOS - that would be an MBR - can only handle > 2TB. Now, if it's set up with 4k sectors, it'll do more, but I don't know > if there's an interaction there. > Works on Win2k8 and Win7, so yes it's 4k sectors. > In short, either partition the drive, or rebuild the drive with a GPT. > Yeah, won't do much good for the data on the drive, though... So as a stop-gap measure, the drive is currently mounted on a Win2k8 box and the C6 box cifs-mounts //ip/e$ It ain't pretty but it's the best I can do at the moment. But you had a good point 'bout the partiontable - that could explain why I had success with some drives and not with others. Once this disk has been emptied, I'll try and rebuild it and see if that works on both platforms. BR Bent