linux-kernel - Re: support for drives larger than 2TiB

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Message-ID: <4C4E9BC0.6060805@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:41:36 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com>, jeff@...zik.org,
	ben.collins@...ntu.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hmh@...ian.org
Subject: Re: support for drives larger than 2TiB

Hello,

On 07/25/2010 08:52 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> If you can set up the disk with GPT then just set up a bootable
> partition beyond the 2 TiB mark and install Syslinux 4 on it.  (Note:
> there is a bug in current versions of gdisk: attribute 2 is the legacy
> BIOS bootable attribute, but the author got the bit order wrong and so
> you have to set "attribute 61".  parted doesn't support the legacy BIOS
> bootable attribute yet.)
>
> If you don't want tomodify the contents of the disk then it can still be
> tested, but I don't have a ready-made test for you.

The disk doesn't contain any data.  I'll try it with several different
motherboards and report back.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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