On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 16:32 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > Searching google, here is what Dell has to say: > http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/3TB+drives%3A+OS+Behavior+Matrix > > I need a drive that I can partition at least to > 15 partitions as I use many different OSes > (windows, mac, linux) and it appears to me > that I cannot use the MSDOS partition tables > for drives larger than 2GB. Currently, I have > been using 2x2GB Hitachi DeskStar drives and > they work wonderfully with MSDOS partitions. > > So, It looks to me, I will have to return the 3GB > drive back to the store and get a 2GB drive so > that I can have 15 partitions, of mixed OS for > multiboot operations. > > Thanks for bringing this to my attention, as I > did not do my homework before I bought a > 3TB drive... drat! ;) ---- you can use GPT and make partitions, virtual disks, LVM, etc. as you see fit. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
