On 01/13/2015 12:47 PM, 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?
> 2: Is the disk partitioned with MBR or GPT?
> 3: Is /boot on its own partition?
>
> 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
Not exactly true - they work fine with an MBR but you can access 2/3 of the drive.
Also it is not necessary to use UEFI to boot.
You can have a fakeout mbr that is used for a standard bios boot.
# fdisk -l
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 267350 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Tue Jan 13 12:55:21 EST 2015
P308771:~
# parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68E (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 2097kB 1049kB bbp bios_grub
2 2097kB 1002MB 1000MB ext3 primary
3 1002MB 5002MB 3999MB linux-swap(v1) primary
4 5002MB 3001GB 2996GB ext4 primary
> booting via UEFI. And in that case, /boot and /boot/efi need to be
> individual partitions.
>
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