On 2014-02-20 20:25 (GMT-0500) Felix Miata composed:
On 2014-02-20 16:37 (GMT-0500) David T-G composed:
I found out the hard way that my two mobo ports were large-disk happy but the four add-on ports can't recognize anything over 2T.
What exactly do you mean? As long as the kernel finds them, that's all that should be necessary if all they are are data devices.
Not sure what happened here, probably because I wrote this as a mental break from solving a long-running and frustrating problem. I was thinking >2^32 when reading David's post, but it somehow came out kernel. This isn't about the daughtercard host adapter the HD is connected to. Trying to access a HD with >2^32 512 byte logical sectors with any tool that is limited to 2^32 sectors doesn't work. You can't use fdisk or other old partitioning tools on a 4TB HD, because old tools only know about MBR partition tables. You need gdisk or gptfdisk or any of the other newer tools that can manipulate a required GPT table for disks >2TiB. To boot from a GPT table HD requires PC firmware that understands GPT. Lacking that, a 4TB HD will have to do duty as a non-bootable device. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org