From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1UIJwO-0007Ma-5G for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:24:32 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJwL-0007IT-H2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:24:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJwK-0006FH-5n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:24:29 -0400 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:45842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UIJwK-0006FA-1V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:24:28 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=cYNQXw/M c=1 sm=0 a=/DbS/tiKggfTkRRHPZEB4g==:17 a=Qsx_du5GiBkA:10 a=z55uD49gxukA:10 a=S1A5HrydsesA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=fxJcL_dCAAAA:8 a=3hpjGO1pAk4A:10 a=QfKxxUxMAAAA:8 a=9YWANo_9C3ZkXCcjytEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=/DbS/tiKggfTkRRHPZEB4g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 67.78.168.186 Received: from [67.78.168.186] ([67.78.168.186:62985] helo=[10.1.1.236]) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 1F/34-11869-996C9415; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:26 +0000 Message-ID: <5149C699.1060201@ubuntu.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:24:25 -0400 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: USB3 3TB HDD boot References: <20130304191935.GF20462@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <5134F71F.1040300@gmail.com> <20130304194307.GJ20462@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <51359D36.1040105@gmail.com> <4C3F5BBE-86BD-488F-A5FE-9D834B428189@colorremedies.com> <20130315063812.4b84a40f@opensuse.site> <20130315145129.GA1271@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <318BCF38-E9A6-4AE3-907B-21F22CC00A4B@colorremedies.com> <20130315175343.GB1271@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <2A9C3A6A-24A5-4E5E-B775-7A690447A875@colorremedies.com> <7F055B80-FE9D-4094-8415-C033C7D8778B@colorremedies.com> <51476E07.5030000@gmail.com> <451E244C-31FC-4919-B0C3-F26147DECFF1@colorremedies.com> <51478B44.6080208@gmail.com> <88142B10-AFBE-44FF-9AF3-82A08DC51989@colorremedies.com> In-Reply-To: <88142B10-AFBE-44FF-9AF3-82A08DC51989@colorremedies.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 75.180.132.120 Cc: Chris Murphy X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:30 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/18/2013 6:59 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > Actually, as I think about it, >2TB with BIOS is a dead end for > most of the market because Windows on BIOS requires MBR, and thus > far there's no extension for MBR beyond 32-bit addressing. There's > sort I wonder what happens when you throw "dynamic disks" into the mix? Could you have the system partition only in the limited MBR, then ldm takes over and can address the whole disk? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRScaZAAoJEJrBOlT6nu75eQMH/inJd62eUiuvPXNo78sDnd8j 50CGb+i7EgfA/k2jT51k5rSre+HV4QyTANuhRiHCcF8MZG2zwFZOOsdhpiETqtR3 DypbxyAZ7gHn7aufT+5W1KJzdKb2hHY/Sww+FZDamSRuWzmLtYuLdP0LgibFHPGV TFgztX5RnFBDoqjdv9Ff5hLfHmY3Qo+zdkWxCd1zaOTtPYdq5yrw3hHeCB+qKyTn lXaBC7gpJmEVlrcw+UJDbOZzPktuVvJ0WJruzV6SJjJz6uoPYGeINM7lRID4i9s7 RjbFMlNm6DhHJwYHz+eN2DBrgXAXhZFVa6lnSYUj4YSf8w+LM4FMnHu69lmLvZA= =Os3d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----