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From: Gabor Gombas <gombasg@digikabel.hu>
Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:09:29 +0100
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On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:14:30PM -0800, Daniel Taylor wrote:

> I will run some experiments to see if any of the systems on my desk can boot
> Linux from a GPT.

My desktop with a BIOS from 2005 has no problems with GPT. AFAIK a
recent Debian installer automatically chooses GPT if the disk is 2 TB or
larger.

Gabor