On 2013-11-05, Wes James <comptekki at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:14 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote: >> >> To boot off of a 3TB disk you require a (U)EFI capable machine which >> supports GPT partitions. There is no way to boot a disk that is 3TB in >> size using a BIOS based machine. > > It boots fine with os x 10.6.3. OS X is already aware of UEFI and GPT, so it makes perfect sense that it'd boot correctly on its own hardware. You may wish to consider using a tool like rEFIt (http://refit.sourceforge.net/) or rEFInd (http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#installsh) to help manage booting linux on your Mac. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us