From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NNgO0-0000uS-Hv for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:37:20 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNgNz-0000uC-1W for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:37:19 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NNgNu-0000t2-Jy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:37:18 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45093 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNgNu-0000sz-C9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:37:14 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f189.google.com ([209.85.211.189]:34802) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NNgNu-0001h6-Hg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:37:14 -0500 Received: by ywh27 with SMTP id 27so7842150ywh.1 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:37:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=L1x66pBmmTHxvSc4bkp/ZvWo2ZyK7FOiWeZN7lWMds8=; b=LYUlHhMZqZ00lS6EcJYfKtEY1rVieHoPHPTxuoj6oLUOLp0T58NvgOFtUlK6zH5xNE EYU9trcIEv7AQaT6X3U81Sm5dV+DI9/81l77OVqF1APmu6Dx4pKclApzYhmE0xih0oZj 2C8piAhsNU3LfbNEvZqtBkm28Zxmo9Gfj5NXw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=s47R7B/UgaBHhqrF06gZhLjvMpRpRbT6/EUhzXle2tIHIg7gTn4tn3a3w0sapS2f08 ed1lKctgw9dU/X5Fgwh1vy5Euc8kGUwwmfaTb6RCaa2+E7NeynICDAi40RzHtTbyDzDy /gpm95oPMRU9wRmAJ1Rg9CTVV7/YZ5LVZZueA= Received: by 10.151.29.20 with SMTP id g20mr16890752ybj.189.1261633033242; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:37:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.75? (cpe-66-69-97-231.satx.res.rr.com [66.69.97.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm3042828ywd.37.2009.12.23.21.37.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:37:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B32FE07.6040208@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:37:11 -0600 From: Bruce Dubbs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <20091222170208.19290@gmx.net> <4B31095D.1030409@gmail.com> <20091223230542.287510@gmx.net> <4B32BC89.6090501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: How to install grub on fakeraid (raid 0) which spans 2 TB? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:37:19 -0000 Seth Goldberg wrote: > While the BIOS call supports 48-bit LBA, the MBR partition table is > limited to 32-bit LBA addresses for partition dimensions. If you > partition the disk with a GPT partition table, those limitations are > removed, but GPT-partitioned disks aren't supported by XP (at least). Excellent point, but doesn't that mean a BIOS that supports LBA (which as been around for many years) will support 2^18 TB? I think my arithmetic is correct, but please correct me if I misunderstand. -- Bruce